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2025 California Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program Conference

The California Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (ELAP) team is excited to host the fifth annual ELAP Conference to be held May 27-May 28, 2025! Join us virtually, each day from 9 am – 12 pm.   Registration and Viewing OptionsThe conference will be live-streamed and available for anyone to attend, but only those who register, will be able to actively participate. In addition, a recording of the conference will be...

CSEA's latest newsletter

Take a look at the California Society of Environmental Analysts latest newsletter!  CSEA's 5th Newsletter

CSEA Tech Talk!

TALK TECH Our Tech Talk consists of a brief presentation by an expert on a technical topic and then plenty of time for Q&A and open discussion with attendees. October 15, 2024 12 PM - 1 PM PDT Join us! Integrating Field Sampling with LIMS by Sharon Smith. LIMS Admin and Data Steward of South Florida Water Management District Stay tuned for more details via email. If you haven't already...

CSEA - Notice of Proposed Emergency Rulemaking for Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program Fees in CA

New from the Blog in CSEA https://www.calanalysts.org/post/notice-of-proposed-emergency-rulemaking-for-environmental-laboratory-accreditation-program-fees?postId=3172803b-b21a-4c84-bc6c-a4c9d46a3a61

CSEA Tech Talk - Oct 17th

CSEA's Tech Talk series continues with SampleServe (www.sampleserve.com). Please come join us!

PFAS Map

Here's a great resource for looking at PFAS contamination: https://www.ewg.org/interactive-maps/pfas_contamination/map/  

Join the Environmental Laboratory Technical Advisory Committee (ELTAC)!

Check out the post on the CSEA's website: https://www.calanalysts.org/post/join-the-environmental-laboratory-technical-advisory-committee-eltac?postId=6f65b19d-7194-41ad-9feb-785e5c3f458d&utm_campaign=838fafee-adfc-4fea-bd67-d44326f4598a&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&utm_content=d8c88c39-ca11-42c2-8f13-1bd2b765378b&cid=c42b830a-c118-4f46-83ee-87589e7d9078

NEMC 2023

Great conference for environmental labs! https://mailchi.mp/nelac-institute.org/ems-2023-email-07062023?e=441670442b  

PFAS

PFAS ("forever chemicals") will be with us for a while: https://www.yahoo.com/news/study-says-drinking-water-nearly-224051044.html. Much more research and testing is greatly needed to understand the long term impacts.

Video Conference - Topics from the Bench

Eddie Clemons, a consultant for ISO 17025 validation, is giving a talk for HORIZON Lab Systems on January 27th, 2021 at 2 p.m. EST. See the log in details below: When: Jan 27, 2021 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Topic: Topics from the Bench Register in advance for this webinar: https://horizonlims.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yqyCO1sPTkeUQYwHLvXCwg

CSEA

We are pleased to be listed on the California Society of Environmental Analysts website as a vendor: https://www.calanalysts.org/vendors  

State Water Board Adopts Regulations to Elevate Data Quality for CA Communities

See link: https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/press_room/press_releases/2020/pr20200506_elap.pdf  

Open for business!

To all of our clients and prospects, we have been very fortunate with no employee suffering from COVID-19.  We are well stocked to prevent any unforeseen issues and here to answer any questions.  We are actively working with our distributors to make sure they have all the syringe filters they need on hand.  We will go out of our way to help out if we can!

Need supplies?

To all of our clients, we are fortunate to have a number suppliers we can potentially lean on.  If there is anything you cannot locate, please just let us know.  We'll be happy to try to source it for you as inexpensively as possible.  We normally only handle syringe filters but are happy to try to help out - glassware, a number of plastic and glass vials, vacuums, face masks,...

COVID-19

We have been asked on several occasions now about inventory and issues related to COVID-19. We see no potential that this issue will affect our business on either the manufacturing or distribution end. Currently, we expect no shortages though will stock up higher than normal should any unforeseen issue arise. We wish all of our clients the best and hope that everyone will follow the standard wellness procedures we should...

APHL video

Here's a short video on public health labs by the APHL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/association-of-public-health-laboratories-aphl/  

Lab Technology Day - Raleigh, NC on May 7th

North Carolina Waterworks Operators Association (NCWOA) - Drinking Water Lab Analyst Certification Committee  North Carolina American Water Works Association - North Carolina Water Environment Association (NC AWWA-WEA) Wastewater Lab Analyst Committee State Laboratory of Public Health / Lab Certification NC DWR Lab Certification Branch   Click here to download agenda and registration

Visit us on LinkedIn

SyringeFilter.com LLC has an active LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/syringefilter-com-llc Please visit it to keep up with your latest offerings.

Florida Atlantic University

Great to see FAU in the news for detecting algal bloom toxins: https://www.labmanager.com/news/new-method-detects-toxin-exposure-from-harmful-algal-blooms-in-human-urine-21448?utm_campaign=NWESLETTERS_LM_Analytical-Tools-and-Techniques_2020&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=83155078&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_H-3903JgjqOASnyJVffkdtLeTPSeqGb03Rwitb1oti1TMqpGhFn489wmFJ2cXIjTKddz2ZMuxHyzPGxpWpAvp0cgHwQ&_hsmi=83155627

CSEA - California Society of Environmental Analysts

We are thrilled to welcome a new society, the CSEA and proud to be a sponsor! We look forward to working with this organization for years to come.

EPA at 50

This website shows some of the EPA's accomplishments at it turns 50 this year: www.epa.gov/50

The 2020 Conference List from HORIZON LIMS

Our friends at HORIZON LIMS will be attending the following conferences this year: Midwest Regional Water Analysts January 24, 2020 Milwaukee, WI http://www.midwestwateranalysts.org/   TNI February 3-7, 2020 Newport Beach, CA https://www.nelac-institute.org/index.php PittCon (walk only) March 1 - 5, 2020 Chicago, IL https://pittcon.org/pittcon-2020/   MSACL US March 29 - April 2, 2020 Palm Springs, CA https://msacl.org/index.php?header=MSACL_2020_US Lab Tech Day May 7, 2020 Raleigh, NC https://www.ncsafewater.org/   FSEA - Spring Conference...

SampleServe Blog Post

A great blog from our buddies at SampleServe: https://www.sampleserve.com/blog/sampleserve-lab-app-top-4-benefits

Denitrification video

Here's a link to a good video from The Water Network: https://thewaternetwork.com/article-FfV/how-does-denitrification-work-and-simultaneous-nitrification-denitrification-MLEerpXkYWE9m3Q1YVQwog

Happy New Year from SyringeFilter.com!

SyringeFilter.com wishes you a happy and successful 2020! We would like to thanks our laboratory clients for making 2019 a successful year and hopefully an even better 2020.

Presentations from the National Environmental Monitoring Conference Posted

Presentations from the National Environmental Monitoring Conference held August 5-9, 2019 are now available.  http://nemc.us/meeting/2019/techprog.php#tpm1_2 © Catalyst Information Resources  817-308-0449  www.catalystinforesources.com

Article on syringe filters

I happened to see this article online and thought it might be something I should re-share:  https://andyjconnelly.wordpress.com/2016/09/28/syringe-filters/

TNI's Chemistry Expert Committee Approves Revised Guidance Document on LOD/LOQ

The TNI Chemistry Expert Committee has approved revision 1 to the guidance document TNI V1M4 2016 Standard Update Guidance on Detection and Quantitation. This revision clarifies which language comes from the TNI standard, or language from the EPA procedure, or the opinion of the committee. https://nelac-institute.org/docs/guidance/GUID-3-109-Rev1.pdf

FSEA Meeting Annoucement!

Registration information is available: www.fsea.net/events

PFAS info

Here's a good link with some PFAS info:  https://pfas-1.itrcweb.org/fact-sheets/

The South Carolina Office of Environmental Laboratory Certification Publishes Updates

Included in this update: New Acting Program Manager over the Environmental Laboratory Certification Program SW-846 Update VI, Phase II Implementation Reporting of residual chlorine results Commonly asked holding time and incubation questions Notes concerning proficiency tests (PTs) and demonstrations of capability Dissolved oxygen (DO) membrane method versus luminescence DO (LDO) method A sample preparation reminder for microbiological methods https://www.scdhec.gov/sites/default/files/media/document/Environmental%20Laboratory%20Certification%20Updates%20-%20May%202019.pdf From © Catalyst Information Resources at www.catalystinforesources.com

TNI Sets Implementation Date for New Scoring Criteria of PT Samples

The NELAC Institute has established the date for scoring PT sample results according to the new TNI standard to be January 31, 2020, consistent with the implementation date for this standard.  ABs who implement the 2016 standard before or after January 31, 2019 may choose to perform their own evaluation. https://nelac-institute.org/news.php?id=3838 From www.catalystinforesources.com

Registration Opens for the Environmental Measurement Symposium

Registration is now open for the 2019 Environmental Measurement Symposium, the combined meeting of the Forum on Laboratory Accreditation and the National Environmental Monitoring Conference (NEMC).  The 2019 Symposium will be held at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville from August 5-9, 2019. Some of the highlights for the week include: A special half-day general session with key speakers focused on the conference theme; Over 180 oral and poster presentations on a...

SampleServe

Here's a video from SampleServe describing their product: https://youtu.be/74vLTcMa_Vs

Presentation at the FSEA Meeting this Spring

We were pleased to present "A Geeks Guide to Syringe Filters" at the Florida Society of Environmental Analyst meeting this May in St. Pete Beach, FL

FSEA Spring Meeting 2018 - Call for Abstracts

The Florida Society of Environmental Analysts (FSEA) will hold its Spring Meeting and Technical Session on May 23-25, 2018 at the Clearwater Beach Marriott Suites on Sand Key. FSEA is soliciting abstracts on environmental laboratory topics of interest to all environmental laboratory stakeholders. The abstract should deal with new concepts or novel applications of established concepts. It may describe substantial improvements of existing techniques or present new data in support...

Registration Opens for the 2018 Forum on Environmental Accreditation

Registration Opens for the 2018 Forum on Environmental Accreditation. The 2018 Forum on Environmental Accreditation will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Albuquerque, NM, January 22-25, 2018. Some of the highlights for the week include: Meetings of TNI Committees to further TNI efforts on environmental laboratory accreditation, proficiency testing, and accreditation of field sampling and measurement organizations; An exhibit program showcasing the latest innovations in environmental monitoring; Discussion of...

Washington Trails Association (WTA)

SyringeFilter.com is happy to support Lee Otis and her daughter Lauren in their hike up Mt. Baker and Mt. Rainier! To give to their efforts and the WTA, please go to the following link: https://give.wta.org/fundraiser/965700    

Information about the 2016 Method Update Rule (MUR)

This information was taken from the Calibrate newsletter May 30th, 2017 ( www.catalystinforesources.com).   As reported previously, the new Administration asked that all Agencies recall all actions that had not yet been published in the Federal Register. The MUR was caught up in this recall and this action has been withdrawn from the Office of the Federal Register. EPA indicates they are not able to provide a date for when the...

TNI Education and Training - Understanding WET Testing

Webinar Description: This webinar, developed by the TNI WETT Expert Committee, discusses Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Testing. Topics to be covered include: Overview of WET Testing What is WET Testing Test Organisms Test Endpoints Data Analysis Test of Significant Toxicity (TST) West Coast Method                                                             Traceability of WET Testing Quality Manual and Standard Operating Procedures Personnel Training Test Organism Health Test Design              ...

Visit us at PITTCON!

Please stop by and see SyringeFilter.com at booth 5439 at Pittcon (www.pittcon.org) in the McCormick Place, Chicago from March 5th-9th!  We will be sharing a booth with our partner, Finetech.