Data and Tools
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Webinars on EPA's Central Data Exchange (CDX) for the Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood Products Rule
Webinars on CDX for formaldehyde
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AQS Pollutant Summaries
AQS Pollutant Summaries
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Method 1200: Analytical Protocol for Non-Typhoidal Salmonella in Drinking Water and Surface Water
Method 1200 is used for identification, confirmation and quantitation of non-typhoidal Salmonella in water samples, using selective and non-selective media followed by biochemical and serological confirmation.
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EPA Method 551.1: Determination of Chlorination Disinfection Byproducts, Chlorinated Solvents, and Halogenated Pesticides/Herbicides in Drinking Water by Liquid-Liquid Extraction and Gas Chromatography With Electron-Capture Detection
SAM lists this method for detection and measurement of chloropicrin in water samples using GC-ECD.
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ORISE Method AP7: Determination of Radium-226 in Water and Soil Samples Using Alpha Spectroscopy
This method uses alpha spectrometry to determine radium-226 in water and soil samples, with gamma spectroscopy used to analyze the barium tracer.
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ORISE Method AP11: Sequential Determination of the Actinides in Environmental Samples Using Total Sample Dissolution and Extraction Chromatography
This method uses alpha spectrometry to determine americium, californium, curium, plutonium or uranium in water, liquid, soil, sediment, surface wipes and air filters.
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ORISE Method Procedure #9: Determination of I-125 in Environmental Samples
This method uses gamma spectrometry to determine iodine in water, liquids, soil, sediment, surface wipes, air filters and vegetation.
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Y-12 (DOE) Preparation of Samples for Total Activity Screening
This method uses liquid scintillation to determine total activity in drinking water, liquids, soil, sediment, wipes, air filters and vegetation.
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EPA Method 900.0: Gross Alpha and Gross Beta Radioactivity in Drinking Water
SAM lists this method to provide an indication of the presence of alpha and beta emitters in drinking water samples, using alpha/beta counting.
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Standardized Analytical Methods for Environmental Restoration Following Homeland Security Events – SAM 2010 (SAM 6.0)
SAM 2010 (6.0) is a compendium of methods for use in analyzing environmental samples for chemical, radiochemical, pathogen, and biotoxin contamination.
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Standardized Analytical Methods for Environmental Restoration Following Homeland Security Events (SAM) 4.0
SAM 4.0 is a compendium of methods for use in analyzing environmental samples for chemical, radiochemical, pathogen, and biotoxin contamination.
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Standardized Analytical Methods for Environmental Restoration Following Homeland Security Events (SAM) 5.0
SAM 5.0 is a compendium of methods for use in analyzing environmental samples for chemical, radiochemical, pathogen, and biotoxin contamination.
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Standardized Analytical Methods for Environmental Restoration following Homeland Security Events (SAM) 3.0
SAM 3.0 is a compendium of methods for use in analyzing environmental samples for chemical, radiochemical, pathogen and biotoxin contamination.
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Standardized Analytical Methods for Environmental Restoration following Homeland Security Events (SAM) 3.1
SAM 3.1 is a compendium of methods for use in analyzing environmental samples for chemical, radiochemical, pathogen, and biotoxin contamination.
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Standardized Analytical Methods for Use during Homeland Security Events (SAM) 1.0
SAM 1.0 is a compendium of methods for use in analyzing samples for chemical and biological contamination in environmental samples.
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Standardized Analytical Methods for Use During Homeland Security Events (SAM) 2.0
SAM 2.0 is a compendium of methods for use in analyzing samples for chemical, radiochemical, biological, and biotoxin contamination in environmental samples.
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Method 546: Determination of Total Microcystins and Nodularins in Drinking Water and Ambient Water by Adda Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
This method is listed as Tier I for presumptive analysis of microcystins in water samples and Tier II all other environmental sample types. The method determines total microcystins and nodularins using an indirect competitive immunoassay (ELISA).
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Method 545: Determination of Cylindrospermopsin and Anatoxin-a in Drinking Water by Liquid Chromatography Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC/ESI-MS/MS)
This method is listed as Tier I for confirmatory analysis of anatoxin-a and cylindrospermopsin in drinking water and Tier II for confirmatory analysis of anatoxin-a and cylindrospermopsin in all other environmental sample types.
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Method 1622: Cryptosporidium in Water by Filtration/IMS/FA
Method 1622 describes procedures for analysis of Cryptosporidium in water samples, by concentration, immunomagnetic separation (IMS) and immunofluorescence assay (FA) microscopy.
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Environmental Regulations and Technology: Control of Pathogens and Vector Attraction in Sewage Sludge; Appendix I Test Method for Detecting, Enumerating, and Determining the Viability of Ascaris Ova in Sludge
This document discusses a performance-based method applicable to the determination of Baylisascaris procyonis in aerosols, surface wipes or swabs, soil and water.