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US EPA Approves New Bromate and Haloacetic Acid Methods
The US EPA has recently released two new methods that feature Reagent-Free IC systems for determination of bromate and haloacetic acids. Method 302.0: Determination of Bromate in Drinking Water Using Two- Dimensional Ion Chromatography with Suppressed Conductivity Detection brings the ease of Just Add Water eluent generation to bromate analysis. Dual pumps and eluent generators of the ICS-3000 system allow different concentrations and flows in the different dimensions, permitting the use of...
New Delhi aims to improve air quality with purifier
A public air purifier has been installed in New Delhi as part of a trial to see if the contraption could help cut the smog problem in the city.Health chief for the area's municipal council PK Sharma described to AFP how the performance of the machine will be monitored by seeing what effect it has on air quality in the surrounding area.The news wire reported that the item was plugged in on Saturday in what is a pilot programme to test the effectiveness of the device, which was built by Systeml...
Prepare Eluent Just Once a Month
The Dionex ICS-1100 and Dionex ICS-1600 are the first fully integrated systems offering Eluent Regeneration (ER). These RFIC-ER™ systems deliver consistent chromatographic results for up to 28 days with a single preparation of eluent. The IC is always on and always ready to analyse the next sample, thus simplifying operation and reducing labour costs. Automated sample preparation techniques featured on these instruments include automated filtration, matrix removal, and analyte preconcen...
Fine for Scottish Water over wastewater pollution
Scottish Water has been made to pay a fine after officials found that sewage from one of its wastewater treatment plants was getting into a nearby lake.The company was told to pay £6,000 following the discovery by environmental officers between January and April last year that Loch Ryan was being polluted by the firm's Stanraer facility.John Gorman, investigating officer at the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa), noted that Scottish Water will have been well aware of the legal...
Eluent Generation and Eluent Regeneration Fully Compliant with New ISO Standard for Water Quality Anion Analysis
Use of Dionex Reagent-Free™ ion chromatography (RFIC™) systems with eluent generation (EG) and eluent regeneration (ER) technology (RFIC-EG™ and RFIC-ER systems) is compliant with the newly released International Organisation for Standards (ISO) water quality standard. The new standard for anion analysis by ion chromatography, titled Water Quality—Determination of Dissolved Anions by Liquid Chromatography of Ions—Part 1: Determination of Bromide, Chloride, Fluori...
New Head of Commercial Sales Joins Restructured Analox
Analox Sensor Technology (UK) has appointed a new Head of Commercial Sales as part of a restructuring aimed at helping it meet ambitious targets. Analox’s sales operation has been restructured into two targeted divisions. As Head of Commercial Sales, Rob Cornish has joined Analox and will be responsible for the company’s continued growth in the hospitality, industrial and diving sectors. Meanwhile Vicky Brown is continuing to develop the Military Sales Division. Analox has plans...
Drinking Water – are you sure it’s clean?
The new compact drinking water filter with UV-C treatment WAF 20 from AFRISO (Germany) was designed as a simple and easy to fit filter for below worktop installation, providing clean and healthy drinking water. WAF 20 consists of a robust plastic housing with active carbon fine filter insert and stainless steel reactor housing (for the UV-C tube), a sturdy mounting bracket and the housing for the electronics. WAF 20 is installed just in front of the water withdrawal point. The incoming drinki...
NEW HIGH TEMPERATURE HYDROCARBON ANALYSER
Baseline-Mocon, Inc., (USA), a subsidiary of Mocon, announces the release of their new heated hydrocarbon analyser for applications that require the sample to stay heated above its dew point. Configured for single point analysis, the Series 9000 H Heated Hydrocarbon Analyser has an active range from less than 30 ppb as methane with the high sensitivity version and up to 50% as methane with the percent level version. Standard outputs include alarm and fault relays, 0-20mA / 4-20mA analog, or...
Cuvette Tests Gain German Sustainability Award 2009
Hach Lange (Germany) has been rewarded for its “green” approach to its cuvette tests in the category “Germany’s most sustainable products and supply of services”. More than 400 companies entered. From more than 400 companies the jury has awarded Hach Lange in the category “Germany’s most sustainable products and supply of services”. They were convinced by the “green” approach to the cuvette tests used for water analysis. The jury s...
Ronald J. Ebelhar Joins ASTM International Board of Directors
Ronald J. Ebelhar, a senior principal with H.C. Nutting, a Terracon Company, in Cincinnati, Ohio, has been named to a threeyear term on the ASTM International board of directors. After earning his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering from the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Ky., Ebelhar joined McClelland Engineers in Houston, Texas, as a staff engineer/consultant in 1977 for a 10-year span. He then served as division manager and vice president for Rust Enviro...
Air quality prompts Hong Kong government warning
The Hong Kong government has issued a health warning after measurements of air quality in the area suggested that there could be concerns for people with heart and lung disorders.According to the Environmental Protection Department, the air pollution index went above 100 at the Central district and Causeway Bay roadside stations - reaching 116 and 120 respectively - while the facility in Mong Kok recorded 87.These levels are high enough for the state to issue a government health warning to re...
MCERTS Approval for Signal Portable FID Range
MCERTS approval for the Model 3000HM has now been extended to cover the portable models 3010 MINIFID and 3030PM FID hydrocarbon analysers in the Signal range. Anyone who has been required to measure Total Hydrocarbon emissions in the UK over the past 10 years will be aware of the Signal 3030PM portable FID. Since it was launched in 1993, the 3030PM has become the standard for VOC stack emissions testing. With all the same technology and features as the Model 3000HM, the 3030PM represents th...
Change in Management at Messe München: Norbert Bargmann Takes Over Analytica
Norbert Bargmann assumes responsibility for analytica, the International Trade Fair for Analysis, Laboratory Technology and Biotechnology. He succeeds Klaus Dittrich, who was appointed Chairman & CEO of Messe München the same day. Norbert Bargmann, who has been a member of the Management Board at Messe München since October 2001, was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Management Board effective January 1, 2010. As a result, the helm of the international trade show analytica is...
Automatic Isokinetic System ISOPLUS
Zambelli (Italy) offers a versatile automatic isokinetic station called ISOPLUS for emissions monitoring. ISOPLUS meets the international requirements on emission sampling: ISO 9096, UNI EN 13284 and UNI EN 10169. The ISOPLUS can measure simultaneously and in real time the isokinetic conditions of stacks and ducts with different sections and dimensions. It automatically and continuously updates the flow rate allowing the reduction of errors during the sampling. Connected to an isokinetic pro...
New EPA Methods for Bromate and Haloacetic Acids with the EPA Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water
Dionex announces two recently approved methods for the determination of disinfection by products in drinking waters. Method 302 is a two-dimensional (2-D) IC method that was developed to provide a more robust solution for drinking waters with high concentrations of anions compared to the post column method 317 and 326. Using a Reagent-Free™ IC (RFIC™) system, EPA 302.0 allows the user to just add water to each system instead of preparing eluents and unstable or toxic post-column...
Certified Reference Materials ISO Guide 34 accreditation
Organic and inorganic standards distributed by LGC Standards give laboratories greater choice and quality. LGC Standards is pleased to announce that ULTRA Scientific, one of its key suppliers, has gained ISO Guide 34 accreditation for the production of organic and inorganic certified reference materials (CRMs). ISO Guide 34 requires an extensive protocol for homogeneity, short term stability, long term stability, quality control and statistical analysis. LGC Standards has partnered with som...
Air Disinfection Company Reflects on Successful 2009
Summarising a number of significant achievements over the last months, Dr. Ian Widger, Chief Technology Officer at Inov8 Science Ltd, said, "The technology behind Inov8’s AD Air Disinfection unit has now become well established in a number of markets, especially the healthcare sector. This is as a result of a number of successful hospital trials, in addition to being named as a winner of the UK NHS Smart Solutions for HCAI Programme 2009. We are also making inroads in other secto...
NEW EPA Rule on Greenhouse Gases References 42 ASTM Standards
ASTM International is a primary standards contributor to a recent rule approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on greenhouse gas reporting by large sources and suppliers in the U.S. The final Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule was enacted in response to the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008 (H.R. 2764; Public Law 110-161). Under the rule, manufacturers of vehicles and engines and other entities that emit 25,000 metric tons or more per year of greenhouse gas emissi...
Ecologist calls for soil quality to feature on food labels
The soil quality of the area that food has been grown in could be added to food labels, if one ecologist's ideas are put into practice.Dr Christine Jones spoke at the Western Mineral Fertilisers Living Soils Conference in Perth recently and claimed that people would be able to make healthier choices if they knew what type of ground their produce was grown in, reported Farm Weekly.She detailed her views on how a Soil Integrity Index could give the public a better idea of the mineral content of...
Air quality 'is contributing to infant deaths in Europe'
Pollution in the air is a significant factor in the deaths of one in every 2000 babies in Europe, according to a new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO).The research suggested that particles emitted by tobacco smoke, vehicle exhausts, burning fuel and dampness are all contributing to respiratory diseases in the continent and children's exposure to them is "unacceptably high".As many as one to five in every 1000 babies die from such illnesses in certain countries and scient...
New Metrohm Pharmaceutical Analysis Brochure and Webpage
No other industry is as thoroughly regulated as the pharmaceutical industry. The active ingredients are legion and so are the standards to test for them. Metrohm’s new brochure «Pharmaceutical analysis» is a highly valuable compendium to get an overall view of the most important parameters determining the quality of pharmaceuticals and the methods best suited to check them. «Pharmaceutical analysis», which can be ordered free of charge, draws on Metrohm’s...
US-EPA Monitors Quality of Ambient Air with MARGA
The US-EPA has signed a long-term contract for the supply of up to 40 MARGA systems for their CASTNET measurement network across the USA. There are an additional 9 MARGA systems located in Scotland(2), South Korea(5), The Netherlands(1) and China(1). MARGA (Monitor for AeRosols and Gases in ambient Air) is an ambient air monitoring system that is capable of measuring the gas phase concentrations of NH3, HNO3, HCl, HNO2, and SO2, as well as the particulate matter (aerosol) concentrations of...
Interactive New Product Showcase
Omega Engineering has published a New Product Showcase using the latest “page turning” software. This allows simple online product browsing and navigation, with viewing of the complete brochure in an easy to view format giving the user an interactive feel of a real book on screen! There are over 50 New products manufactured by Omega, including sensors for temperature, pressure, load, force, level and flow measurement as well as instrumentation including controllers, data loggers,...
Combustion Ion Chromatography – Straightforward Determination of Halogens and Sulphur in Solid and Liquid Samples
The cooperation between Metrohm and Mitsubishi opens up new possibilities in analysis. Solids and highly viscous samples can now be analysed fully automatically, whereas in the past − e.g. with the oxygen bomb − a good deal of manual work was required. The advantages of Combustion IC include the fully automated simultaneous determination of halogens and sulphur. Combustion IC works very precisely and with optimised timing, allowing a high sample throughput. In a fully automated...
Window Cleaning at Height Weather Monitoring
Many high-rise buildings monitor local meteorological conditions as an aid to determine whether conditions are safe to use cradles while cleaning windows and other working at height applications. To help provide accurate local weather information, Health and Safety managers from a prestigious company in Canary Wharf have recently invested in and installed two automatic weather stations at two different roof levels. Prior to installing the weather stations, the decision on whether or not to u...
Industrial Wastewater Monitoring Solutions Workshop
HACH LANGE are hosting a free workshop entitled *Industrial Wastewater Monitoring Solutions on Wednesday 24th March in Manchester. The focus of the workshop will include: - Why analyse industrial wastewater? - What to analyse? - How best to analyse industrial wastewater? The day will include an overview of some of the fundamental aspects of industrial wastewater monitoring solutions. Plus, there will be a practical session in our technology trailer and lab, which will showcase the latest...
New SuperCritical Water Oxidation Technique Optimizes TOC Analysis
Total Organic Carbon (TOC) analyzers measure organic carbon to indicate water quality. The new Sievers InnovOx On-Line TOC Analyzer from GE Analytical Instruments, part of GE Water & Process Technologies, measures organic carbon in industrial process, environmental, and wastewater samples for a wide range of industries. The InnovOx TOC Analyzer represents the most significant breakthrough in commercial laboratory TOC analysis in the last 25 years. It replaces the widely-used combustion me...
HPLC familiarity with UPLC performance
If you are performing routine analyses or developing methods, or just prefer the flexibility of multi-solvent capabilities in a quaternary-based system, the only choice has been HPLC. Until now. Waters® ACQUITY UPLC® H-Class is a streamlined system that brings together the flexibility and simplicity of quaternary solvent blending and a flow-through-needle injector to deliver the advanced performance expected of UPLC type separations – high resolution, sensitivity and impr...
Cirrus Research to showcase Optimus Sound Level Meters at Safety & Health 2010
Cirrus Research plc, the UK company which specialises in the design and development of noise measurement equipment, will be showcasing instruments from its new generation of leading edge ‘optimus’ Sound Level Meters at this year’s Safety and Health Expo at stand Q50, Hall 2. The first two models in the optimus range will be on show. optimus red sound level meters are aimed specifically at the occupational and noise at work markets and were launched in January 2010. With erg...
New Up Grades for Air Quality & Dust Monitor
UNITEC S.r.l. (Italy) has further upgraded its field-proven microprocessor-based air quality monitor ETL3000, by adding an optional light scattering particulate module, PM10- LS, and providing the measuring system with new VPN functionalities achieved by means of a multi standard GPRS/EDGE/3G router. ETL3000 is equipped with up to 5 SENS3000 Plug&Play cells, each one specifically designed for monitoring CO, NO2, C6H6, O3, CH4, NOx, NH3, H2S and SO2. In addition air temperature, relativ...
Crowcon Appoints Peter Wilbourne as Product Manager for HVAC and Gas Leak Location Markets
Crowcon Detection Instruments (UK), has appointed Peter Wilbourne its new Product Manager for the HVAC and gas leak location markets. Peter has extensive experience in business development and marketing in the instrumentation, process and control industries worldwide. Prior to joining Crowcon Peter was Marketing and Business Development Interim Manager at InMark Consultants, a specialised consultancy for companies looking to develop new markets and business within the industrial process s...
Don’t Ignore Water Experts Warn Copenhagen
Professor Patricia Wouters, Director of the UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science, University of Dundee, today fired a shot across the bows of climate change negotiators in Copenhagen, warning them not to ignore one of the planet’s most vital natural resources of all - water. “Water must be part of the climate change negotiations, and water law must be part of the water agenda, otherwise any solution could be deeply compromised, at best,” warned Professor Wouters...
Lots of Approval for Spectrex Flame Detectors!
SharpEye 40/40 Series Flame Detectors offer unmatched performance and reliability - including patented, IR3 (Triple IR) Multi-Spectrum detectors that enable detection of small fires at distances up to 65m, with enhanced immunity to false alarms. These highly specified detectors operate reliably in the harsh conditions of offshore drilling and production platforms, FPSO vessels, fuel loading and storage facilities, LNG and LPG plants and petrochemical plants throughout the world. The compact...
Environment groups win battle over air quality
Industrial polluters have had an emissions exemption loophole effectively closed down after the Supreme Court chose not to review a previous ruling that could have had major repercussions on US air quality matters.The case related to situations where companies were able to dodge the need to uphold regular emissions standards if they claimed to be carrying out "start-up, shutdown and malfunction" processes.However, the court, which was being asked to review a judgement made in the fe...
Detection of Gas Flames Just Got Better!
Until recently, it was difficult to detect industrial gas flames/fires as the radiation output from gas flames is generally much lower than that from liquid hydrocarbon fuels; thus detection distances were limited. However, Spectrex has introduced additions and improvements to its wide range of optical flame detectors to significantly advance this capability. The Spectrex 40/40I Triple IR Flame Detector can now detect methane and propane (LNG/LPG) flames at up to 30 meters (instead of 18m b...
Group sues European Commission over environmental analysis documents
The European Commission is being sued by a group of green organisations, which claim that the establishment refused to disclose environmental analysis documents detailing negative effects of biofuel use.Attempts to view the information in question began on October 15th 2009 but the European institution denied access to the figures by the statutory deadline and told the groups that they had the right to sue.The organisations involved in the legal action - ClientEarth, BirdLife International, T...
Testing Flame Detectors
Using a Spectrex Flame Simulator is the only sure way to perform a full functional test on your SharpEye Flame Detectors and system. It avoids the cost of scaffolding or supports to access the detector as it is able to test at distances up to 29ft (9m) from the detector location. Spectrex Flame Simulators (certified EExd for Zone 1 hazardous areas) emit electromagnetic radiation in a unique sequential pattern recognizable as fire by the specific SharpEye Flame Detector model. This allows the...
Is Bisphenol A In My Water?
Debate continues on the chemical compound Bisphenol A (BPA) regarding its effects on human health and whether it requires regulation. Used in industrial activities, particularily in resins and plastics used in food and beverage packaging materials, BPA has been the subject of numerous studies, many linked to human health concerns. One study estimates there are detectable levels of BPA in more than 90% of the US population. Reacting to this news, in 2008, Canada declared Bisphenol A a hazardo...
Analox Sensor Technology has Added Tick IT Certification to the ISO Certification it has Held for 13 Years
Analox was recently awarded Tick IT certification, a quality management standard covering the development, supply and maintenance of software. It has also been recertified to the latest version of ISO 9001:2008, the internationally-recognised standard for quality management systems. It is now permitted to use both the Tick IT and ISO logos on its literature and website. Mark Lewis, managing director of Analox Sensor Technology, said: “Now business depends on computerised systems which...
New User-Friendly GC/MS Interface
Joint Analytical Systems GmbH (Germany) has introduced a user-friendly GC/MS interface which enables a 100% tool-free column exchange without MS venting. A narrow, special deactivated transfer tube is used as a connection between the analytical column and the MS source. Swap’n Go is an easy-to-use, self-installable robust device, which enables the operator to exchange capillary columns fast and simple - completely tool-free and without MS venting. Unscheduled disruption in analytical w...
Enhanced Drinking Water Analysis in Compliance with US EPA Methods Using Comprehensive Environmental GC/MS Productivity Solutions
Thermo Fisher Scientific (USA) announce enhanced drinking water analytical capabilities of the Thermo Scientific Environmental GC/MS Online Productivity Solutions with respect to United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) Methods 524.2 and 525.2. The powerful Thermo Scientific 524 and 525 Productivity Solutions integrate the Thermo Scientific DSQ II GC/MS instrument with layered application software, analytical columns, consumables, standard operating procedures and quick start gu...
Effects of soil on climate change questioned
Soil may not be adding to climate change to quite the same extent as previously thought, if a new government study is to be believed.The department for environment, food and rural affairs carried out a national survey to test the net change in carbon levels in soil over about the last quarter of a century and found that there had been no loss of the substance, reported the Guardian.In contrast, the news provider highlighted how a report published in 2005 in Nature indicated that 100 million t...
Environmental analysis news: Polluters gaining from carbon quotas
The carbon quotas which were designed to protect environmental health are allowing heavy polluters to make money, new research has suggested.Such carbon polluting allowances are organised by the Emissions Trading Scheme for each country in the EU, but it appears that many companies are set to turn a significant profit from surplus CO2 permits.A study by non-profit organisation Sandbag showed that ten firms could make €500 million (£451 million) from the environmental legislation rel...
New Ceilometer for High Range Cloud Detection
Vaisala (Finland) introduces a new cloud height detector, the Vaisala Ceilometer CL51 at the American Meteorological Society’s Annual Meeting. The CL51 is designed to measure cloud base height and vertical visibility in all weather conditions, which makes it an ideal instrument for meteorological applications that rely on reliable cloud height detection. When combined with new application software also developed by Vaisala, the CL51 reports planetary boundary layer structure parameters...
New Revolutionary Photoionisation Detector for Volatile Organic Compounds Launched
Ion Science (UK) introduces the new ground breaking PhoCheck Tiger photoionisation detector (PID) for rapid, accurate detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). A significant development in PID, the instrument’s powerful software and performance features set new industry standards for hand held VOC detection. The instrument’s revolutionary PID technology provides a dynamic detection range of 1 parts per billion (ppb) to 20,000 parts per million (ppm), offering the widest mea...
New International Website for Air Quality Monitoring Instrumentation
Ecotech (Australia) is proud to announce the launch of their new international website www.ecotech.com The benefits of www.ecotech.com are outlined below: Access to detailed information on instruments, specifications and applications. Access to spare parts and consumable lists along with a vast downloadable library of resources to compliment their instruments such as manuals, firmware, software, technical notes etc. View our exhibitions list to find us around the world...
'Investment needed' to preserve biodiversity in Cayman Islands
Greater investment is needed in order to preserve biodiversity in the Cayman Islands, it has been suggested.A special dinner is being held later this month in a bid to raise funds and protect land that is currently under threat from development, Caymannetnews.com reports.Janet Walker, council member of the National Trust for the Cayman Islands, said she would like to see more land preserved."2010 being declared the International Year of Biodiversity makes this an opportune time to raise...
Environmental analysis news: Farmers urged to take care when irrigating land
Agricultural workers have been urged to take extra precautions when irrigating land with dirty water.The warning comes after a farming company was fined and ordered to pay costs earlier this week after wastewater flowed into a Devon stream, killing dozens of fish.Approximately 150 dead brown trout, bullheads, stoneloach and minnow were found.Investigators traced the pollution to a local farm where a field had recently been irrigated using dirty water from a dairy unit.Environment Agency spoke...
New Transmitters MV 4000
Intelligent Transmitter MV 4000 from Sensortechnik Meinburg (Germany) for all parameter in modular case front 22.5 mm for mounting top hat rail with a display for measuring value, temperature and calibration instructions, a USB interface. Networking between MV 4000 and previous series MV 3000 + AZ 3000, cost efficient measuring of process parameter and connection with PLC, data loggers, - printers or visualisation systems The transmitters MV 4000 are excellently suited for cost-efficient co...
Expanded Wavelength of Miniature Fibre Optic Spectrometers
Ocean Optics (The Netherlands) has expanded the wavelength capabilities of several of its popular miniature fibre optic spectrometers. The XR-Series, available for the USB2000+, JAZ-EL2000, and USB4000, covers all wavelengths from ~200-1050 nm with the convenience and affordability of a single, monolithic spectrometer. The new XR-1 grating option developed by Ocean Optics overcomes the traditional challenges of providing broad UV-NIR coverage in a single miniature spectrometer. With a 500 li...