toxicity sampling News
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Dr. Jong H. Yoo Appointed President & CEO of Applied Spectra, Inc.
Applied Spectra, Inc. announced today the appointment of Dr. Jong H. Yoo as president and chief executive officer (CEO), effective December 9th, 2016. Dr. Jong H. Yoo is currently Executive Vice President of Applied Spectra and succeeds Dr. Richard E. Russo who has served as the company CEO since its inception in 2004. Dr. Russo will serve the Company as Executive Chairman and continue to advise ...
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SYSTEA S.p.A. at Analytica 2020
From 19 to 22 October 2020 we are going to attend again Analytica exhibition in Munich, in our booth Hall A1 129, to show to the international market our new products: Easychem Jr.: the new compact discrete analyzer for routine measurement of water and soil/plants liquid extracts samples suitable for small laboratories Easychem TOX discrete laboratory analyzer, for acute toxicity determination ...
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EPA and states complete first phase of unprecedented school air monitoring initiative/air toxics samples from all 65 schools in 22 states available online (HQ)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced it had completed air quality testing outside 63 schools in 22 states and at two tribal schools. The testing was done as part of an unprecedented school air monitoring initiative announced by EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson last year to protect children from toxic air pollution around schools. EPA experts will now analyze the data to ...
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Coal-Tar-Sealant a Major Source of PAH Contamination in Milwaukee Streams
Runoff from pavement with coal-tar-based sealant is the primary source of toxic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, to streambed sediments in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, according to a U.S. Geological Survey and Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District study published today. Pavement sealant is a black, shiny liquid sprayed or painted on asphalt parking lots, driveways and playgrounds to ...
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Investigation begins to track suspected pollution from the Lahaina wastewater facility (HI)
Federal and state agencies have begun important research to evaluate the suspected discharge of pollutants to the coastal waters along the Kaanapali coast of Maui. Funded by the U. S. EPA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Hawaii Department of Health, the University of Hawaii will measure how long it takes for wastewater from the Lahaina sewage treatment facility to flow to the near-shore ...
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EPA considering new toxicity testing and environmental sampling for BPA
Following a BPA Action Plan announced in March 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is requesting public comment on possible toxicity testing and environmental sampling to study BPA’s potential environmental impacts. BPA has been shown to cause reproductive and developmental effects in animal studies. This action is part of Administrator Lisa P. Jackson’s comprehensive ...
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Gas Sampling
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Thermo Fisher Scientific ICP optical emission Spectrometer offers simple and effective toy analysis for consumer safety
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced a new application note to illustrate the capabilities of its Thermo Scientific iCAP 6200 ICP spectrometer for the analysis of toxic trace elements in children’s toys. The dual-view ICP instrument offers pre-optimized sample introduction settings and analysis-ready software method templates. The new application ...
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Testing ecological toxicity in rivers
Water quality in rivers is commonly classified according to its physical and chemical properties, but this may not fully describe its biological health. Polish researchers have tested a new method of water assessment, which looks at the toxicity to organisms of not just water, but also sediment and floodplain soil samples. This provides a more complete picture of a river's health and may help ...
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EPA region 7 to begin issuing orders to obtain access to residential properties in Omaha for environmental sampling
EPA Region 7 will soon begin to issue administrative orders to a small group of residential property owners in Omaha, Neb., allowing the Agency legal access to those properties to conduct environmental sampling for toxic lead in soil and exterior paint, all at no cost to the property owners. Under the authority of the Superfund program, EPA has been working in Omaha since 1999 to identify and ...
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Tesoro to pay $1.1 million to resolve Clean Air Act violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Tesoro Corporation, Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company LLC, and Tesoro Alaska Company have agreed to pay a $1.1 million penalty to resolve claims that Tesoro failed to comply with requirements under the Clean Air Act at four of its refining facilities that produce conventional gasoline. In its complaint, EPA alleged that Tesoro failed ...
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Nitrificants toximeter for WWTP protection
The toximeter NitriTox of LAR Process Analysers AG is a continuous operating analyzer for the determination of nitrification toxicity. Especially in water treatment, toxic substances can harm the waste water treatment plant's biomass in a negative way and in worst case lead to a entire plant shutdown. Therefore, the monitoring of toxicity is of special importance. The toximeter monitors the ...
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Modern Water Installs First Microtox® Continuous Toxicity Monitor in the USA
Modern Water plc (AIM:MWG), the owner of leading water technologies for the production of fresh water and monitoring of water quality, has recently launched an updated continuous toxicity monitor using its well-known Microtox® technology. Demand for this ground-breaking monitor has been high with the first unit being installed just after its launch at one of Aqua America, Inc.’s water ...
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Casella HazVac unit ensures rapid safe Hazmat sampling at chemical spills and incidents
Responding to increased demand for frontline emergency response to civil, terrorist and military-related chemical incidents , Casella CEL, in conjunction with Casella Fire Science, have developed and deployed air sampling units with an internal pump that safely collects grab samples of toxic gases and vapours for rapid chemical analysis. HazVac , already deployed by many fire ...
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Casella HazVac unit ensures rapid safe Hazmat sampling at chemical spills and incidents
Responding to increased demand for frontline emergency response to civil, terrorist and military-related chemical incidents , Casella CEL, in conjunction with Casella Fire Science, have developed and deployed air sampling units with an internal pump that safely collects grab samples of toxic gases and vapours for rapid chemical analysis. HazVac , already deployed by many fire ...
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Air toxics near harriet tubman school are below levels of concern
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final report on analysis of air toxics monitoring data near Harriet Tubman School in Portland, Oregon. EPA and Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will host a public meeting on the air monitoring report at Harriet Tubman School on Wednesday, April 27, 2011. EPA found that concentrations of the majority of air toxics ...
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ASU joins air quality project
Arizona State University’s American Indian Policy Institute is working with American Indian tribal governments, the state of Arizona and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to research and assess air quality in central Arizona. The Joint Air Toxics Assessment Project (JATAP) is a multi-jurisdictional effort to assess the distribution, sources and potential health risks associated with air ...
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Biomonitoring study suggests exposure to environmental chemicals varies greatly across the EU
The framework for a Europe-wide biomonitoring programme has been established by a new study. The preliminary investigation of 17 European countries showed that monitored levels of toxic chemicals varied significantly between countries. Although the levels were mostly within recognised health-based guidance values, in a few cases these values were exceeded. The researchers suggest that a ...
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Poisoning the poor – Electronic waste in Ghana
The latest place where we have discovered high tech toxic trash causing horrendous pollution is in Ghana. Our analysis of samples taken from two electronic waste (e-waste) scrap yards in Ghana has revealed severe contamination with hazardous chemicals. The ever-growing demand for the latest fashionable mobile phone, flat screen TV or super-fast computer creates ever larger amounts of obsolete ...
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California Could be the First State to Require Lead Free Ammunition
Earlier this month, the California Senate easily passed Assembly Bill 711 which had previously been passed in the Assembly back in May. The new legislation, if signed by the governor, would make California the first state to require the use of non-lead ammunition for the taking of all wildlife in California. It would include hunting for game mammals, game birds, nongame birds and nongame ...
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