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27
Mar
2024
Understanding Brominated Contaminants - PBDE, HBCD, TBBPA, PBDD/F, PBBs
March 27th, 2024 in Pond's Pondering
Brominated contaminants are widely used flame retardants and are present in almost EVERY type of product in our homes. Plastics, flooring, couches and more - they save lives by limiting the spread of fire, but are persistent and can bioaccumulate to caus
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11
Jul
2023
20th Anniversary of PRL
July 11th, 2023 in News
Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Pacific Rim Labs! We started as a small outfit with a handful of employees and have grown to be recognized on the global stage for our ultra-trace analyses.
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30
May
2023
Ride for BC Lung
May 30th, 2023 in Resources
In support of the BC Lung Foundation, and the 1 in 5, Dave will be cycling 200 km over two days, August 12 and 13.
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24
Feb
2023
Oh the things that we'll test!
February 24th, 2023 in News
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, There was a lab where scientists played all day.
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22
Feb
2023
Will It ASE - hair gel
February 22nd, 2023 in Learning
Today on Will it ASE - a hair gel with over 20 ingredients!
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27
Jun
2022
Mass Spec 101 - Part I - Ion traps
June 27th, 2022 in Pond's Pondering
Learning mass spectrometry with hot wheels cars Part 1 Ion traps!
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04
Aug
2020
Peak asymmetry is not a deal breaker
August 4th, 2020 in Pond's Pondering
"Pat, my peaks are asymmetric! Does that mean I need to run the sample again?"
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26
Jun
2020
Resources - PCBs
June 26th, 2020 in Resources
A growing list of resources we have found useful for PCBs analysis.
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26
May
2020
Naming of Standards in Analytical Chemistry
May 26th, 2020 in Learning
Sometimes the naming of standards is confusing...
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15
May
2020
Isotopic Dilution Analysis
May 15th, 2020 in Pond's Pondering
I was getting confused about numbers in an isotopic dilution method. So, I asked Pat...
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