Reclaiming the Sierra Our Client Services Manager, Tiffany Stilwater, will be attending the Reclaiming the Sierra Conference from April 20 - 21 in Sacramento, CA. Attendees, across all industries, come together to not only to visit the former Gold Rush sites, but to...
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BRL on the Road Again
AEHS Annual International Conference on Soil, Water, Energy, and Air Join us at the AEHS Foundation's 25th Annual International Conference on Soil, Water, Energy, and Air in sunny San Diego, CA from March 23-26. This popular conference brings together environmental...
New Service Spotlight: Low-Level Methylmercury
The Mercury Group at BRL has developed a method modification to EPA Method 1630 that significantly lowers the methylmercury (MeHg) method detection limit (MDL). At 0.005 ng/L, or parts-per-trillion (ppt), this new low-level MDL is 4 times lower than the standard MDL...
New Publication on Great Salt Lake Mercury Research
Our very own Metals Chemist, Abby Rudd, co-authored an article recently-published in the journal Science of the Total Environment entitled Total- and Methyl-mercury Concentrations and Methylation Rates across the Freshwater to Hypersaline Continuum of the Great Salt...
SETAC Poster Presentation on Bias in Arsenic Speciation Results
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...
On the Road Again: NWEC
The Northwest Environmental Conference & Tradeshow (NWEC) is the Northwest's largest and most comprehensive environmental conference and trade show. Join our President/CEO, Michelle Briscoe and VP of Operations, Annie Carter in Portland, Oregon on December...
On the Road Again – SETAC 2014
More than 2300 scientists, assessors, regulators, and managers will gather to share and discuss emerging research, regulatory developments, and the latest methodologies in environmental toxicology and chemistry at the SETAC North America 35th Annual Meeting. Tiffany...
Presentation on Metals Speciation at DOE Workshop
Michelle Briscoe, the president and CEO of Brooks Rand Labs, gave a presentation on September 17th at the Department of Energy Consolidated Audit Program (DOECAP) Analytical Services Program (ASP) Workshop in Albuquerque entitled, "Metals Speciation as a Tool for...
What is Trace Clean Sampling?
Trace Clean Sampling is the implementation of EPA Method 1669, also known as "Clean Hands/Dirty Hands", sample collection procedures in concurrence with EPA 1600-series analytical methods for low-level metals and metals speciation. During the development of these...