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Wisconsin’s Public, Environmental and Occupational Health Laboratory Since 1903

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To improve and protect the human condition by providing accurate and precise testing, service, research and education.

WSLH News

January 14, 2020Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2020 Holiday SchedulePlease note the following changes to the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene’s operations due to the observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday. The table below lists the hours of operations for our Clinical Specimen Receiving departments. As always, if you have an off-hours emergency, please call the WSLH Emergency Pager at 608-263-3280. […]

January 14, 2020WXOW-TV: PFAS in Drinking Water and GroundwaterWXOW-TV in La Crosse aired an in-depth story about PFAS contamination in water. WSLH Organic Chemistry Supervisor Erin Mani and Advanced Chemist Brandon Shelton were interviewed about the WSLH’s efforts to develop methods to test for PFAS in a wide variety of matrices. Watch the story at https://wxow.com/2019/12/30/digging-deeper-pfas-water-contamination/

January 14, 2020Forbes – ‘Archaeological Skeletons From London Prove Some Romans Were Lead Poisoned’Using cutting-edge 21st century science to reveal secrets of ancient history, WSLH Post-Doctoral Research Associate Sean Scott, along with Martin Shafer, Joel Overdier (WSLH), Phil Farrell (UWSMPH) and international collaborators published research in the journal Archaeometry showing elevated lead levels in Roman residents of ancient Londinium. Testing for the research was performed in the WSLH […]

January 14, 2020Amy Miles Elected President-Elect of Society of Forensic ToxicologyWSLH Forensic Toxicology Director Amy Miles was elected President-Elect of the Society of Forensic Toxicologists (SOFT) at its annual meeting. Amy will promote to SOFT President in 2021. SOFT is a professional organization composed of ~ 2,000 practicing forensic toxicologists and those interested in the discipline for the purpose of promoting and developing forensic toxicology. […]

January 14, 2020Dan Kurtycz Installed as American Society of Cytopathology PresidentWSLH Medical Director and Disease Prevention Division Director and UW Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Dr. Dan Kurtycz was installed as President of the American Society of Cytopathology (ASC). ASC, founded in 1951, is a distinguished national professional society of 3,000+ physicians, cytotechnologists and scientists who are dedicated to the cytologic method of diagnostic […]

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The Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH) is the state’s public and environmental health laboratory. As part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the WSLH is committed to exploring new ideas which benefit the state, the nation and the world.

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