Engineers to examine chemical’s fundamental properties to collect data on exposure and inform techniques for future prevention.

Everyone from the Boise, Idaho area is familiar with the scenic Boise River next to the Boise State University campus, but only a few insiders know about a hidden stream located downtown at the intersection of Broadway and Front streets. The artificial stream, called a “flume,” can be found on the ground floor of the Idaho Water Center and is the site of a collaborative research initiative by scientists from Boise State and the University of Idaho (UI). The project is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Scientists studying the atmosphere above Barrow, Alaska, have discovered unprecedented levels of molecular chlorine in the air, a new study reports

A conversation with sample extraction experts Dr. Kang Xia and William Ickes

Environmental testing had been a sleepy marketplace until the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency began issuing strict regulations for air, soil, and water in the 1970s. Environmental law spawned thousands of large and small laboratories, many of which had been operating in nonenvironmental industries.

New challenges are what make working at this lab fun

Clean Harbors of Baltimore, Inc., is a transfer storage and disposal facility and part of the largest hazardous waste disposal company in North America.The facility provides recycling, treatment and disposal of a variety of hazardous and nonhazardous wastes and analyzes hundreds of samples each month.

Michael Glavanovich receives calls with all kinds of strange requests. Once, a woman phoned to ask him if a piece of meat tossed into her yard for her dog contained poison.

Dionex Application Notes 817 and 818 describe using automated solid-phase extraction (SPE) versus liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) for the determination of oil and grease from liquid (typically water) samples to meet the requirements of EPA Method 1664.