While heavy metal contamination of foods, particularly those for infants, has been known about for years, recent events have once again brought it to public attention. On February 4th the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy...
In August, the US FDA finalized their previously-issued guidance on inorganic arsenic in rice cereals for infants. After evaluation of the health risks associated with infant exposure to inorganic arsenic, as well as the testing results of commercially-available...
Brooks Applied Lab's own, Hakan Gürleyük and Ben Wozniak, recently co-authored a publication with scientists from around the world that supported the development of a new certified reference material (CRM) for arsenic species and toxic trace elements in rice flour....
The monthly Brooks Applied Labs (BAL) newsletter contained many interesting and informational articles over the past year. To start off 2020, here's a recap of the most popular newsletter pieces from the past year (click on link for the full article): Choosing the...
It has become increasingly common for risk assessment and treatability studies to require arsenic speciation data to determine the potential mobility of this toxic contaminant at varying sites. Looking at arsenite [As(III)] and arsenate [As(V)] values can be helpful...
Spectroscopy published an article last month summarizing Brooks Rand Labs' 2013 Interlaboratory Comparison Study for the Determination of Arsenic and Arsenic Species in Rice, Kelp, and Apple Juice. The purpose of the study was to provide a reliable means for...
Consumer Reports recently published an article regarding the risks associated with the levels of arsenic in rice and rice products. Since there is not yet an FDA-mandated limit on the amount of inorganic arsenic (the more toxic form of arsenic) that is present in our...
Our very own Metals Chemist, Ian Joslin, made his scientific debut at the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) North America 35th Annual Meeting by presenting his poster on the Potential Bias in Arsenic Speciation Results for Tissues Prepared by...
Brooks Rand Labs is organizing the 2nd annual Interlaboratory Comparison Study for Arsenic Speciation in Food. With so few available reference materials that are certified for inorganic arsenic and other individual arsenic species, this study provides one of the few...