Journal of Environment and Health Science Journal of Environment and Health Science Journal of Environment and Health Science Journal of Environment and Health Science 2378-6841Ommega Online PublishersNew Jersey, USA8610.15436/2378-6841.15.008Research ArticleGo Greener with Passive Sampler and BeyondGo Greener with Passive Sampler and BeyondChang-ErChenLancaster Environment Centre Lancaster University Lancaster LA1 4YQ United KingdomEditor* E-mail: changer.chen@live.com
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20151902201511JEHS-15-SC-86/00826122014160220152015Creative Commons Attribution LicenseThis is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. nbsp emsp emsp Thousands of chemicals are commercially produced throughout the world and the total number increases each year Environmental monitoring is required to access their release to and exposure and effects in the environment Traditional sampling approaches such as grab and automatic samplings are time cost consuming and labour intensive While passive sampling approach can save lot of time and cost in terms of giving a time weighed average TWA concentration Herein we gave an introduction of passive sampler and briefly discussed the necessity of passive sampler and what information that passive sampler can offer Then we concluded that passive sampling can be a greener way in environmental monitoring and should be paid more attention to particularly for the emerging pharmaceuticals and personal care products PPCPs 10