“…Some examples of sample pretreatment/preparation methods used for capillary electrophoresis analysis are given in Table 1. complexation, extraction, centrifugation and filtration Chen et al, 2001 As, Se, Sb, Te (organic or inorganic compounds) extraction, centrifugation and filtration Casiot et al, 2002 organic anions centrifugation and filtration Westergraad et al, 1998 ion exchange and centrifugation (guidelines of the International Humic Substances Society-IHSS) Schmitt-Kopplin et al, 1998 explosives (TNT and their metabolites) extraction (in ACN), centrifugation and filtration Groom et al, 2000 LACA ion exchange, centrifugation and filtration Strobel et al, 2001 There are several reviews available, on capillary electrophoresis application to environmental samples, mainly addressed to groups of compounds of interest, as mutagenic heterocyclic amines (Kataoka, 1997), inorganic ions (Fukushi et al, 1999), surfactants (Heinig andVogt, 1999), organic pollutants (Sovocool et al, 1999, Martinez et al, 2000, haloacetic acids (Urbansky 2000), arsenic species (Jain and Ali 2000), algal toxins (Pierce and Kirkpatrik 2001), inositol phosphate , pesticides and their degradation compounds (Andreu and Pico, 2004). CE has been reported as a successful method for environmental sample analysis, with different separation modes CZE, MECK, CEC, even in non-aqueous electrolytes (NACE) (Heinig and Vogt, 1999).…”