Environmental Industry Updates
The Latest News on Scientific and Regulatory Updates from Merit Laboratories
The Wisconsin PFAS Action Council published its 2022 PFAS Action Plan Progress Report in August. The progress report presented progress in the eight themes that are covered in the states PFAS Action Plan to address statewide PFAS contamination. A few of the highlights presented as accomplishments in the report include the implementation of new surface water and drinking water standards for PFOA and PFOS
Advocates for the health of Wisconsinites are hopeful that the state’s Natural Resources Board (NRB) will vote on establishing PFAS regulatory limits for both surface water and drinking water at its next meeting. The NRB, which sets policy for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), has scheduled its next meeting for February 22-23 in Madison.
Merit Laboratories has added laboratory accreditation through the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR). The laboratory accreditation includes analytical testing for PFAS in drinking water by EPA 537.1 and PFAS in aqueous and solid matrices by LC/MS. Accredited under Wisconsin NR 149, Merit Laboratories is approved to perform environmental sample analysis in support of covered environmental programs
