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2. Environmental

A clean environment is the basis for any life on earth. Whether As a company for consumer and product safety, Shimadzu
water, soil or air – keeping the environment clean for the offers the entire bandwidth of technologies to cover environ-
protection of all creatures is, and should be, the primary mental application challenges through various analytical
responsibility of any society. Analytical instrumentation is instrumentation technologies – chromatography (HPLC, GC,
a key technology to measure the status of environmental SFC), mass spectrometry (GC-MS, LC-MS, MALDI), sum para-
conditions, this means to diagnose, evaluate and control meter (TOC), chip electrophoresis and spectroscopy (UV-VIS,
pollution. FTIR, AAS, ICP-OES). These high-quality products underline
Shimadzu’s value proposition of Excellence in Science. They
Pure water is the source of life. Its quality can be affected combine productivity, accuracy and regulatory requirements.
by land contamination when toxic elements find their way A vast number of solution-oriented application notes provide
into ground- and drinking water. From there, contamination an indication of where analytical challenges occur and how to
influences crop farming and as a result our food and grocery solve them.
products. Air and atmosphere suffer from emissions, a product
of industrial, private and agricultural activities. Find more information on: www.shimadzu.eu/environment