Professor David Sedlak: reveals the next generation of  Superfund contaminants
Channel: EnviroHealthBerkeley
Date: 2014-02-26

Professor David Sedlak explains how monitoring methods determine the types of contaminants that can be detected in environmental monitoring.  Methods long in use have been successful in measuring chlorinated compounds such as TCE (trichloroethylene).  However, other compounds such as those containing bromine and fluorine were not detected.  Methods today  do a better job at finding brominated and fluorinated compounds, and both of these pose potential environmental and health concerns.  
Professor Sedlak's hot new book is  Water 4.0. http://www.water4point0.com/
He is the Director of the Water Center http://bwc.berkeley.edu/home/  and a project leader for  the Superfund Research Center at Berkeley.