Development of a gas chromatography - mass spectrometry method for the determination of carbon disulfide in the atmosphere

► Sensitive, accurate and fast protocol for routine control of CS2 in air. ► Coconut charcoal retention and hexane extraction allowed proper GC-MS analysis. ► Assays in a high-volume simulator and interlaboratory analysis validated the method. ► Absence of effects and systematic errors due to interference compounds was confirmed. ► Successful application for CS2 monitoring in polluted industry areas.