Services and Consulting from AquaTox Testing & Consulting ...

Routine Ecotoxicity Testing Service

AquaTox offers comprehensive and integrative ecotoxicity testing and consulting services to a variety of industrial sectors, including pulp and paper, metal mining, petrochemical, municipal sewage treatment plants, aggregate, and manufacturing. Our laboratory, which has been providing testing services to industry and government since 1970, is one of the largest and most respected toxicity testing laboratories in Canada. Our approximately 10,000 square...

Toxicity Identification (TI)/Reduction Evaluations (RE) Service

AquaTox uses the Toxicity Reduction Evaluation (TRE) process to assist industrial and municipal dischargers in resolving toxicity issues and increasing the likelihood of achieving and maintaining consistently non-toxic effluents.

GLP Chemical Testing Services

AquaTox is committed to providing our clients with high quality GLP ecotoxicity testing services founded on the principles of product quality, timeliness, and responsiveness to client needs. Our GLP facility provides comprehensive testing services in support of international product registration for regulatory programs including the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) in the US; New...

Ecologo & Greenseal Service

AquaTox provides biodegradabilty and ecotoxicity testing in support of applications for EcoLogo and Green Seal certification. Canada’s Environmental Choice and the U.S.Green Seal Programs, are ecolabelling programs that help promote manufacturers and suppliers who sell environmentally preferable products and services. These programs benefit consumers seeking to purchase these more progressive products. In support of an application for EcoLogo...

Microbiology Tests Service

Tests conducted using Microbes from an activated sludge system provide important indications of whether chemicals will likely be degraded in a biological treatment system and/or whether they will impair the resident microbial population.

Biotic Ligand Modelling Service

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has published a draft update of the Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Copper (68 Fed. Reg. 75552, December 31, 2003). This document, which is available at http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/copper, contains updated freshwater and saltwater aquatic life criteria for copper. In addition to incorporating new toxicity data, the US EPA has adopted the Biotic Ligand Model (BLM; as developed by HydroQual Inc.)...

Metal Speciation Service

Metal speciation has recently come to the forefront in assessing metal toxicity, because not all metal species are bioavailable to aquatic organisms. It is generally accepted that the free metal ion is considered the most toxic metal species. Chemical equilibrium modelling, (e.g., MINEQL+) has become a powerful tool used to predict free metal ion concentrations under site-specific conditions, such as in an effluent or a receiving water. The degree of...

Aquatic Freshwater Tests

Fish, Acute (rainbow trout, fathead minnow, bluegill, etc. ). Fish, Prolonged Toxicity Test (14-day or 28-day static renewal). Fish, Extended Early Life Stage (Salmonid embryo larval). Fish, Juvenile Growth (28-day). Fish, Larval Survival and Growth. Fish Bioconcentratlon. Invertebrate, Acute (Daphnia magna, Ceriodaphnia dubia, etc.). Invertebrate, Survival and reproduction (Ceriodaphnia dubia, Daphnia magna). Plant, Green Algae (Pseudokirchneriella...

Aquatic Marine Tests

Fish, Acute (Sheepshead minnow). Fish, Larval Survival and Growth (Inland silverside). Invertebrate, Acute Mysid Shrimp. Invertebrate, Sea urchin fertilization test. Plant, Saltwater Diatom (Skeletonema costatum). Plant, Champia parvula reproduction. Bacteria, Microtox Aqueous Phase.

Biotoxicity Sediment Tests

Invertebrate-Freshwater (Chironomus spp., Hyalella azetca, Hexagenia). Invertebrate-Marine (Rhephoxynius abronius, Eohaustorius spp., Amphiporeia virginiana, Corophium, Volutator). Bacteria, Microtox Solid Phase.

Biodegradation Services

Activated Sludge, Respiration Inhibition Test (OECD 209). Ready Biodegradation (e.g., OECD 301A, OECD 301B, OECD 301D, OECD 301E, OECD 301F, OECD 302B). Inherent Biodegradation (e.g., OECD 302B). Anaerobic Biodegradation. Respirometry Tests. Soil Microorganism. pH Screening by Electrometric Measurement.

Disinfectant Efficacy Tests

AOAC Sporicidal Testing (e.g., Clostridium sporogenes, Bacillus subtilis). AOAC Fungicidal Screen (e.g., Trichophyton mentagrophytes). AOAC Use Dilution Screen (e.g., Staphylococcus. aureus, Salmonella choleraesuis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa). ASTM E 2197-02 Tuberculocidal Screen (e.g., Mycobacterium terrae.

Terrestrial Tests

Acute Oral Honeybee. Acute Contact Honeybee. Acute Earthworm, Collembola. Sublethal Earthworm, Collembola. Early Seedling Growth. Vegetative Vigour (Tier I, Tier II). Seed Germination/Root Elongation. Seedling Emergence (Tier I, Tier II).

Additional Tests

Toxicity testing in support of Green Labelling/Eco Logo Programs. Toxicity screening of chemicals. Toxicity Data Reviews. Additional US EPA, OECD, ASTM, ISO and Environment Canada test methods available upon request. OECD GLP can be followed during the conduct of all the above methods.

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