Division: Environmental Sciences

New method provides reliable results faster and at a lower cost MINNEAPOLIS (September 14, 2023) – Pace® Analytical Services, the preferred provider of regulatory testing and analytical laboratory services, announced today the availability of PFAS Test Method ASTM D8421/EPA 8327. This new test method applies to aqueous and solid sample material. “With the increasing focus …

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Recent acquisition of Alpha Analytical provides Pace® customers access to new specialty testing services for harmful contaminants in the environment. MINNEAPOLIS (August 30, 2023) – Pace® Analytical Services, the preferred provider of regulatory testing and analytical laboratory services, recently added new capabilities including advanced hydrocarbon analytical support and expanded sediment and tissue testing with the …

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Updated 8/30/2023 For the health and safety of our employees, their families, and first responders, Pace® laboratories in Oldsmar and Jacksonville remain closed today, August 30. Both labs plan to re-open tomorrow, August 31.  Our Florida locations in Ormond Beach and Pompano remain open. The Pace® lab in Mobile, Alabama is also available to support …

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It may not be in the news today, but Legionnaires’ Disease is still a concern. One leading expert, Dr. Janet Stout, updates us on our industry’s battle to end it! Listen to the podcast.

By Nick Nigro   The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set its sights on PFAS, the class of chemicals that has come under intense scrutiny for its negative impact on human and environmental health. PFAS were once prized for durability, but now that durability lends them the ominous nickname “forever chemicals.” The EPA’s 2021-2024 PFAS …

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An infectious disease microbiologist discusses how facility managers can identify, address, and prevent Legionella bacteria. By Dr. Janet E. Stout  Facility managers have a plan for almost everything. You plan for fires, power outages and hurricanes, because when emergency strikes you know it’s better to be prepared. But there’s one crisis you probably haven’t planned …

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Draft Method 1633 shows immense promise an a protocol for analyzing PFAS in wastewater.By Nick Nigro  The U.S. EPA’s 2021-2024 PFAS Strategic Roadmap calls for further efforts to research, restrict, and remediate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that are discharged into the environment. To support that mission, the agency has been in search of new …

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