AWAY WITH CHLORINATED SOLVENTS - HOW WILL ANALYTICAL-CHEMISTRY COPE

The effects on analytical chemistry of the banning of the production a nd use of ozone-depleting substances (ODSs) by the Montreal Protocol o f Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (1987) are discussed. Attent ion is given to the concessions made to continued ''laboratory and ana lytical uses'' of ODSs. Finally, progress made in replacing ODSs by so lvents of reduced stratospheric ozone-depletion capabilities and by al ternative methodologies, such as solid-phase extraction, are briefly c onsidered.