In 1972, the Clean Water Act (CWA) was amended to make it unlawful to discharge any pollutant directly from a point source into navigable waters unless a permit was obtained. Last month, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that discharge of pollutants...
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Register NOW! Seating Limited for Sampling Class through NWETC
Sample collection instructor extraordinaire, Amanda Royal, will be offering her class on Collecting and Handling of Water Samples for Trace Metal Analysis through the Northwest Environmental Training Center (NWETC) this summer! On July 21st, BAL will be partnering...
Brooks Applied Labs Offering Sampling Class through NWETC
Sample collection instructor extraordinaire, Amanda Royal, will be offering her class on Collecting and Handling of Water Samples for Trace Metal Analysis through the Northwest Environmental Training Center (NWETC) this summer! In order to achieve the ambient level...
On the Road Again…
Our Technical Sales Manager, Jamie Fox, will be attending the 10th International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds May 22nd - 26th in Palm Springs. This annual conference draws over 1,500 scientists, engineers, regulators, and other...
On the Road Again…
SETAC North America Our Technical Services Specialist, Elizabeth Madonick and Sales Manager, Jamie Fox, will be attending the 36th Annual North America Meeting for SETAC in Salt Lake City, UT from November 1-5, 2015. This year's theme is "Buzzing with Science,...
Growing Interest in Biomonitoring for Cobalt
Recently, there have been growing concern related to cobalt (Co) exposure through supplement intake and in patients receiving metal hip implants made with a Co-alloy material, prompting an investigation into analytical methodologies for the determination of total Co...
Method Spotlight: Selenium Speciation of FGD Wastewaters
Coal usually contains high levels of selenium, particularly from sources that are also high in sulfur. This results in waste streams from coal-fired power plants having selenium concentrations that far exceed industrial discharge limits. Removal of selenium from these...
Welcome Jamie Fox!
We are thrilled to announce that Jamie Fox joined Brooks Rand Labs as our Technical Sales Manager. As a key member of our Business Development team, Jamie is responsible for identifying and capturing new opportunities that require trace metals and metals speciation...
Sequential Extraction for Arsenic Speciation in Soils
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...