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=== Presenting results of chemical analysis without comparison to exposure levels that may cause harm, or legal limits for workplace exposure. === | |||
Analytical techniques such as Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectroscopy can detect tiny quantities of compounds in a sample, Limits Of Detection are becoming lower as electronics and computing increase in power and efficiency. Equipment manufacturers compete with each other to detect tinier, and tinier levels. This is a good thing for the most part, as anything that is present no matter how tiny the amount will be detected. | |||
However this can be a problem too. | |||
They focus more on the fact that nanoscopic quantities where discovered, and completely forget to compare the amounts with something sensible (like permitted workplace exposure limits) presumably because their data would be 'lost in the weeds' in comparison. | |||
=== Unusual or confusing definitions === | === Unusual or confusing definitions === | ||
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