air contaminant sampling News
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Hexavalent Chromium Requirements in the Workplace
If a company works with chromium containing materials such as stainless steel, conducts chemical film or plating operations involving hexavalent chromium (Cr+6) or spray paints with products containing Cr+6, it is required by state and federal Occupational Safety and Health Administrations (OSHAs) to take specific actions. As stated in a National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health ...
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QED adds Snap Sampler to its ground water sampling range
QED Environmental Systems has added the award-winning Snap Sampler® to its range of innovative environmental products, offering customers a brand-new, efficient and highly accurate way to sample ground water. The Snap Sampler® is a passive ground water sampling system which is designed to provide users with the highest accuracy while also reducing sampling programme costs. It uses an ...
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Toxins Discovered on Sierra Nevada Trails
LA Testing provides testing solutions for abandoned mines and industrial sites to protect people and the environment from toxic hazards. Los Alamitos, CA, July 21st, 2010 Last month the nonprofit organization, The Sierra Fund, released a report entitled Gold Country Recreational Trails and Abandoned Mines. The report was delivered on the steps of California’s State Capital and ...
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EPA Proposes to Add Radioactive Site in Ridgewood, Queens to its Superfund list of the country’s most hazardous waste sites
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed to add the Wolff-Alport Chemical Company site in the Ridgewood section of Queens, New York to its Superfund list of the country’s most hazardous waste sites. The soil and some nearby sewers are contaminated by residual radioactive contamination from past industrial activities at the site. Testing indicates that there is no immediate ...
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Last Contaminant Test for Buildings Near World Trade Center
NEW YORK, New York, (ENS) - As a final response to the events of September 11, 2001, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, has announced a $7 million program to test indoor spaces in Lower Manhattan near the World Trade Center towers hit by terrorist air strikes on September 11, 2001. Registration for the program will begin mid-January and run for two months. Testing of interior spaces ...
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ASTM D1357 - 95(2011) standard practice for planning the sampling of the ambient atmosphere
Since the analysis of the atmosphere is influenced by phenomena in which all factors except the method of sampling and analytical procedure are beyond the control of the investigator, statistical consideration must be given to determine the adequacy of the number of samples obtained, the length of time that the sampling program is carried out, and the number of sites sampled. The purpose of the ...
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Easy TOC calibration for monitoring condensate and boiler feed water
The calibration and validation of the TOC analysis calibration function in measuring ranges of 0-2,000 μg/l and lower is always a difficult task for the operator. The preparation of the calibration solution takes a lot of time and requires precision. LAR AG offers a newly developed and patent pending „gas calibration“ method to simplify this step. This latest invention will be presented at ...
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EMSL Releases Hand-On Indoor Air Quality Sampling Course
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QED Adds the Snap Sampler® to Its Line of Ground Water Sampling Products
Q.E.D. Environmental Systems, Inc., a leading manufacturer of innovative environmental products and subsidiary of Graco Inc., announces the acquisition of the Snap Sampler passive ground water sampling technology from ProHydro, Inc. The Snap Sampler system is uniquely designed to provide high sampling accuracy while reducing sampling program costs. The Snap Sampler system (US Patent 7,178,415), ...
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Toxins from Iron King Mine have Dewey-Humboldt Residents Concerned
Environmental testing solutions for abandoned mines include testing for hazardous waste, toxins, particulates and groundwater contamination. All of these analyses are available from LA Testing. Los Alamitos, CA, May 19th, 2010. The Iron King Mine and Humboldt Smelter encompass over 300 acres on the outskirts of the Central Arizona town of Dewey-Humboldt. Although it has been decades since ...
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Environmental Expert Joins the Growing Team at Clark Seif Clark
Clark Seif Clark is pleased to announce that J. Ryan Terwilliger has joined the company’s team of environmental and building science experts as a project manager in their Northern California office. Mr. Terwilliger has been involved in the fields of environmental site assessments, indoor air quality, asbestos, mold and lead consulting for over a dozen years. He has extensive operations ...
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EPA investigation of Gowanus canal identifies widespread contamination, health and ecological problems; hundreds of samples find PAHs, PCBs, heavy metals and other Toxins (NY)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has completed its investigation of the Gowanus Canal Superfund site in Brooklyn, N.Y. The investigation confirmed the widespread presence of numerous contaminants in the canal and identified the sources of contamination. The investigation also identified characteristics of the canal that will influence future plans for a cleanup. A companion human and ...
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