The Use of Certified Reference Materials in Environmental and Ecological Elemental Analysis

In the last decade the growth of environmental and ecological analytical chemistry has increased at an unprecedented rate. This can be witnessed by the numerous journals which have appeared covering all aspects of environmental pollution analysis in many interdisciplinary fields. Certainly, a lot of the analytical activity has been spurred by the everincreasing awareness and concern of pollution, be it of the air, natural waters, marine or soil environments. As a result of this governments in almost all countries in the world have invested a lot of time, money and human resources to its various agencies and universities in trying to identify and control these pollutants.