35th Annual Western Canada
Trace Organic/Pesticide Residue Workshop


April 30 - May 3, 2000

Delta Bessborough
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan






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Workshop Program

Sunday, April 30
7:00 to 11:00 p.m. Registration and mixer in the Terrace Lounge of the Bessborough Hotel
Bar closes at 10:30. Registration fees can be paid by cash or cheque.
Monday, May 01
08:00 - 09:00 a.m. Registration with continental breakfast buffet in the William Pascoe room
Posters and sponsoring Company Displays.
09:00 - 09:10 a.m. Opening remarks and welcome by Kerry Peru.
09:10 - 9:35 a.m. ALS Herbicides - An Emerging Problem in Environmental Monitoring
Don Waite, Environment Canada, Regina, SK
09:35- 10:00 a.m. Principles of obtaining successful TIE for Pollution Prevention
D. Birkholz, Envirotest, Edmonton, AB
10:00-10:30 a.m. Coffee break. Posters and sponsoring Company Displays.
10:30 - 10:55 a.m. Comparative Bioavailability Study of a Generic and Pioneer Oxytetracycline Veterinary Drug Formulation in Beef Calves
Joe Boison, Health of Animals Lab, CFIA, Saskatoon, SK
10:55- 11:20 a.m. Trihalomethanes in Municipal Drinking Water Supplies in Saskatchewan
Tom Thompson, Saskatchewan Health, Regina, SK
11:20-11:45 a.m. Identification and Quantitation of Pesticide Residues by Single Quadrupole LC/MS
John Vukovic, Waters Limited, Mississauga, ON
11:45-01:30 p.m. Luncheon buffet in the Adam Ballroom. Meal will be served at 12:00 noon
01:30-01:55 p.m. Uptake and Degradation Kinetics of 2,4-D in Saskatchewan Surface Water
Dena McMartin, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
01:55-02:20 p.m. Detection of Herbicides in Alberta Rainfall
Bernie Hill, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, AB
02:20-02:45 p.m. Verification of BTEX as Principal Toxic Volatile Components in Ground Water at Sour Gas Plants - a Toxicity Identification Evaluation Approach
L. Dickson, Environment Canada, Saskatoon, SK
02:45-03:10 p.m. Inputs of herbicides to the South Saskatchewan River from an irrigation district.
Allan Cessna, National Water Research Institute, Saskatoon, SK
03:10-03:40 p.m. Coffee break. Posters and sponsoring Company Displays.
03:40-04:05 p.m. Concentrations of 2,4-D and Triallate in Air, Atmospheric Deposition, Surface Film and Water at two Saskatchewan Dugouts
Don Waite, Environment Canada, Regina, SK
04:05-04:30 p.m. Perspectives on Potable Ground Water Monitoring in Rural Alberta
Dena McMartin, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
04:30-05:30 p.m. Workshop session
Tuesday, May 02
08:00 - 08:35 a.m. Continental breakfast buffet in the William Pascoe Room.
Viewing of Posters and sponsoring Company Displays.
08:35 - 08:45 a.m. Opening remarks by Kerry Peru.
08:45-09:10 a.m. Switching from Solvent Extraction to Solid Phase Extraction
Dave Humphries, AB Research Council, Vegreville, AB
09:10 - 9:35 a.m. Development of an Analytical Method for the Determination of Flunixin and Phenylbutazone Residues in Veal Calves and Beef
Philip Asea, Health of Animals Lab, CFIA, Saskatoon, SK
09:35- 10:00 a.m. Determination of Carbaryl in Putrefied Postmortem Samples
Tom Thompson, Saskatchewan Health, Regina, SK
10:00-10:30 a.m. Coffee break. Posters and sponsoring Company Displays.
10:30 - 10:55 a.m. Trace Analysis using Rapid-MS
Colin Jennison, Varian Canada Applications Lab, Mississauga, ON
10:55- 11:20 a.m. High Throughput LC/MS/MS Analysis of Drugs and Their Metabolites
Gord McKay, ParmaLytics, Inc., University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
11:20-11:45 a.m. Comparison of Levels of Sulfolane and Disopropanolamine in Wetland Vegetation Exposed to Sour Gas Contaminated Ground Water
L. Dickson, Environment Canada, Saskatoon, SK
11:45-01:30 p.m. Luncheon in the Salon Batoche Meal will be served at 12:00 noon
01:30-01:55 p.m. New Hybrid Mass Spectrometry Technology
Dave Heywood, Micromass Canada Inc, Pointe Claire, QC
01:55-02:20 p.m. LC/UV and LC/MS Quantification of Organic Contaminants Following Photo-Oxidation of in Natural Waters and Riverine Biofilms
D. Friesen, Environment Canada, Saskatoon, SK
02:20-02:45 p.m. GC and GC/MS Calculations using Spreadsheet Macro Programming
Jim Sproull, Environment Canada, Edmonton
02:45-03:10 p.m. Innovations in Large Volume Injections
Jeff Hollis, Apex Technologies, Inc., an Agilent Channel Partner
03:10-03:40 p.m. Coffee break.
03:40-04:40 p.m. Business Meeting
Wednesday, May 03
07:00-01:15 p.m. Tour of the Potash corporation of Saskatchewan potash mine near Allan, Saskatchewan
Pickup will be at 07:00 a.m. in front of the Bessborough Hotel. The tour starts at 08:00 a.m. and will take the whole morning. The approximate time of arrival back at the Bessborough hotel is 1:15 p.m.


Posters:

An Analytical Method for the Determination of Beta-Lactam Drug Residues in Milk
Carol Drury, Kim Souster and Joe Boison, Health of Animals Lab, CFIA, Saskatoon, SK.

Determination of Penicillin G Residues in Livers of very young Beef Calves
Kim Souster, Carol Drury and Joe Boison, Health of Animals Lab, CFIA, Saskatoon, SK.

LC-MS/MS Method for Identification and Quantification of Abscisic Acid and Metabolites
Steve Ambrose, Plant Biotechnology Institute, National Research Council, Saskatoon, SK

Incidence and Levels of Mycotoxins in Canadian Retail Infant Foods
Veronica Roscoe, Health Canada, Winnipeg, MB