Water Analysis – Products

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of man-made chemicals that have been used in a wide variety of industries around the world since the 1940s. Originally considered biologically inactive, more in-depth research has revealed their toxicity to humans and wildlife alike.

IDEXX has expanded the SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance test kit range by incorporating a Matrix and Faecal Control Kit, which provides a validated matrix recovery control and human faecal measurement for normalisation in a single, multiplexed reaction.

Aptamer Group plc has demonstrated that its Optimer to the S1 subunit of SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein is able to detect the Omicron variant.

Wastewater testing offers valuable insight on community-level data for various analytes, including pathogens that are associated with infectious diseases. Quantitative reverse transcriptase PCR (qRT-PCR) is well suited for wastewater analyses of pathogens due to its sensitivity, scalability and cost-effectiveness.

Download this app note to discover a workflow that can detect SARS-CoV-2 RNA from challenging sample matrices and be used for the extraction and detection of other pathogens.

BioChromato reports that it has installed more than 10 Smart Evaporator systems across the Russian Hygiene and Epidemiology Centers (HEC) network of institutes as part of a national program of acquiring leading edge analytical and sample preparation equipment.

Metrohm USA and Metrohm Canada are pleased to announce that they have entered into a non-exclusive agreement with Agilent Technologies to become a value-added reseller for their single- and triple-quadrupole mass spectrometers as well as ICP-MS and ICP-OES products, software and services.

Water quality testing is important to address environmental and health concerns. A critical component being analyzed is hydrocarbons, resulting from oil and grease contamination.

Speakers comprised of a panel of ion chromatography experts from a range of industries and academia who shared their experiences of using IC to solve complex challenges in forensics, metabolomics Trace analysis, wastewater analysis and more.

Metrohm DropSens has announced new capabilities that facilitate the high-volume production of customized electrochemical sensors.