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The Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene is certified by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) and the Environmental Protection Agency on an annual basis. The EPA certifies the laboratory for the Safe Drinking Water Act including EPA methods 507 (atrazine), 524.2 (VOCs), and 552.2 (HAAs).

The (WDNR) certifies the WSLH under the provisions of the Wisconsin Administrative Code, ch. NR 149 for a number of environmental parameters. The Organic Chemistry Department performs testing on the following certified parameters:

Test Category
Parameters
General III
  • Waste Finger-printing
  • Ignitability
  • TCLP
  • Total Organic Carbon
  • Organics, Purgeable
  • Purgeable Aromatics
  • Purgeable Halocarbons
  • Volatile Organics (VOCs)
  • Semivolatiles by GC/MS
  • Base/Neutral/Acid Extractables
  • Liquid Chromatography
  • PAHs by LC
  • Pesticides by GC
  • Organophosphorus Pesticides
  • Triazines and Metabolites
  • Petroleum Hydrocarbons
  • Petroleum VOCs
  • Organics; Organochlorine
  • PCBs
  • Organochlorine Pesticides
  • The laboratory (including the department) is also accredited under the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program. Go here to view the accredited parameters.

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    Last updated 11/13/03