Super-sensitive detection of asbestos in soil samples

05-Mar-2013 - A new method of sample preparation, developed by a group of US scientists, promises to increase the sensitivity of asbestos analysis 100-fold, to the point where it can be used to detect the substance in soil. Although at a low level, asbestos contamination in soil is of potential concern. If ...

Dionex Announces EPA Federal Register Approval of Ion Chromatography for Total Cyanide Analysis

26-Oct-2010 - The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to add new and revised methods published by the EPA, voluntary consensus organizations such as ASTM International, and other commercial entities, for use in water quality monitoring. These changes and additional methods will ...

CEM Wins Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award for the Sprint Rapid Protein Analyzer

24-Jun-2009 - CEM Corporation has won a 2009 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award in the Greener Reaction Conditions category for its Sprint(TM) Rapid Protein Analyzer. The company accepted the award during a ceremony at the Carnegie Institute for Science (CIS) inWashington, DC. The award, presented ...

NSF and EPA establish 2 centers for environmental implications of nanotechnology

Centers will focus on environmental effects of nanotechnology and its applications

19-Sep-2008 - The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have made awards to establish two Centers for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (CEIN). The centers, led by UCLA and Duke University, will study how nanomaterials interact with the environment ...

Are nanoscale materials new or existing chemical substances

EPA Foregoes Opportunity to Improve Nanotechnology Oversight

17-Jul-2007 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its current thinking on whether a nanoscale material is a new or existing chemical substance under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). In the document, TSCA Inventory Status of Nanoscale Substances-General Approach, EPA states that it will ...

Waters Corporation to Assist US EPA in the Analysis of Perfluorinated Compounds (PFCs) in Soil and Water

Latest CRADA Aimed at Developing Liquid Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Methods for Measuring PFCs at Very Low Concentrations

20-Apr-2007 - Waters Corporation announced it has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Exposure Research Laboratory to develop trace level analytical methods for detecting perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in soil and ...

CEM & USEPA Enter into R&D Agreement for Research into Green Microwave Chemistry Scale-up Methods

28-Sep-2006 - CEM Corporation has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The goal of the agreement is to develop large-scale, microwave chemistry methods for a wide variety of chemistries using solvents that are more environmentally friendly, such ...