Laboratory for the control of contaminants of concern

Sample preparation and analysis for quantification of organic contaminants (including trace levels) and bioassays for bioactivity analysis.

Types of contaminants analyzed:

• Pesticides
• Pharmaceutics and personal hygiene products
• Other emerging contaminants (flame retardants, illegal drugs, etc.)

• LC-MS (Orbitrap XL and Exploris 120)
• Microtox
• Tests d’écotoxicité – bioessai Yeast Estrogen Screen (YES) – bioessai Yeast Androgen Screen (YAS)

• Chemical analyses
•  Biological tests 

Types of matrices 

•  Water 
• Soil, sludge, sediments