In many applications, continuous emission monitoring is required to collect and analyze at least one sample every fifteen minutes from industrial processes. High-purity gases are vital for this purpose, as are custom standards for head space analysis of water and soil samples.

For Florida's Advanced Environmental Laboratories, success is achieved through strong management support and smart hiring.

Lab manager Larry Decker's TestAmerica environmental lab in Connecticut is where he and his staff analyze thousands of soil, wastewater, and monitoring well samples each month. One key to the lab's success is a management team that works on training every individual to be reactive and ready to go if the person is needed in a different department.

Sample matrices are known to create analytical obstacles during routine Total Organic Carbon (TOC) analysis.

A case study shows how ICP-MS played a vital role in the investigation of lead levels in a public schools system's drinking water supply.