Sentences with phrase «detected in water samples»

The chemical PFOA has been detected in water samples taken from the Mohawk River near the Colonie landfill.

The designation came 17 months after a resident first reported that PFOA, a toxic chemical, was detected in water samples in the village's well system at levels exceeding those recommended by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Of the three tap water samples analyzed, estradiol and androsterone were detected in tap water in laboratories in France and Spain, while corticosterone was detected in the water sample from the Chinese laboratory.

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The Suffolk County fire academy in Yaphank, used for training volunteer firefighters, is now on the state's Superfund list after water samples from monitoring wells detected contaminants that exceed federal health advisories.

PFOS was first detected in Newburgh's water and reported to the EPA in 2014 when samples ranged between 140 and 170 parts per trillion.

Officials said the typical level of the toxic chemical found in the blood samples of more than 2,000 Rensselaer County residents is about 11 times higher than the national average, but well below levels detected in other areas of the nation where the contaminant has also polluted public water supplies.

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The interdisciplinary project team is made up of eco - and human toxicologists, physicists, chemists and biologists, and they have just managed to take their first major step forward in achieving their goal: they have developed a method for testing a variety of environmental samples such as river water, animal tissue, or human urine and blood that can detect nanomaterials at a concentration level of nanogram per liter (ppb — parts per billion).

After the city detected elevated lead in the Walters family's water, and she was refused help by MDEQ, Mrs. Walters took her case to EPA Region 5 employee Miguel Del Toral, who collaborated with our lab to sample her tap water.

It can be used to detect biological contaminants in food and water, characterize animal diets from dung samples, and even test air samples for bacteria and fungal spores.

Ground controllers detected a small amount of unexpected thrust coming from the sample carrier last year, and engineers determined the force was caused by outgassing of water absorbed by the sample return capsule during launch preparations in Florida.

110, 093001 (2013) Published February 25, 2013 PDF (free) High - resolution spectroscopy is allowing scientists to detect the presence of water dimers — the simplest cluster of water molecules (inset)-- in a sample of water vapor.