Since 1982, Brooks Applied Labs has devoted significant resources to the research and development of the analytical methods and instrumentation necessary to quantify mercury and methylmercury concentrations at ultra-low levels in even the most complex matrices. Our early research contributed substantially to the development and validation of EPA Method 1631 and EPA Method 1630 for the determination of mercury and methylmercury in waters at sub-parts-per-trillion levels.
Over the decades we have developed and perfected our analytical methods to determine mercury and methylmercury concentrations in even the most complex matrices.
We routinely analyze the following for mercury and methylmercury with some of the lowest detection limits available to our clients:
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Mecury Related News
A Lesson on Methylmercury Analysis by the Experts!
Since 1990 the International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP) has been providing scientists from all over the world with a forum for in-person discussion and information exchange of mercury-related contamination concerns. Brooks Rand Labs has been...
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...
Going Deeper – Methylmercury Preparation Techniques for Hair
Evaluating hair samples for methylmercury (MeHg) concentrations can be particularly useful when performing human health studies, especially when trying to determine sources and timing of mercury exposure. Typical digestion procedures for MeHg determination in...
Rice Methylmercury Exposure and Mitigation
It is commonly believed that dietary ingestion of one of the most toxic forms of mercury, methylmercury, is primarily due to eating fish. This is not necessarily the case in many areas of the world where rice is a staple food and the levels of methylmercury in rice...
New Mercury Detection Limit Requirements
Here at Brooks Rand Labs, we have noticed many of our Canadian clients are working under new discharge permits with lower method detection limit (MDL) requirements for total mercury (Hg). Some water quality guidelines are even demanding site-specific detection limits...
Mercury Bioaccumulation in the Great Salt Lake’s Deep Brine Layer
Between recreation and brine shrimp commerce, Utah's Great Salt Lake (GSL) contributes a significant amount of money to Utah's economy. Therefore, it made big news roughly a decade ago when methylmercury results from the lake were found to be the highest ever seen in...
Mercury Gurus Endeavor to Map North America
The daunting question of how to manage land and wildlife with respects to impacts made by mercury cycling and bioaccumulation are difficult to address on a local, regional, national, and international level. In a collaborative effort lead by the Biodiversity Research...