Links: Sampling and Analysis

•  Association of Official Analytical Chemists ( AOAC )

  Facilitates the development, use and harmonization of analytical methods valid in the laboratory for scientific communities working in fields such as food safety, allergens, veterinary diagnostics, and dietary supplements, etc. Provides a description of the programs for testing available competencies and offers training sessions that produce concrete and realistic solutions to the practical problems frequently encountered in the laboratory.

•  EPA Publications

  The purpose of this page is to provide links to information on various analytical methods used for analyzing soil and groundwater samples for contamination by petroleum hydrocarbons.

•  Eurachem - A Focus for Analytical Chemistry in Europe
•  Independent Testing Laboratories ( ITL )
•  International Society of Exposure Science ( ISES )

  Seeks the participation of members from several disciplines such as chemistry, biochemistry, biostatistics, toxicology, epidemiology, ecology, etc. Presents a list of the members of the different administration committees. Devotes one section to the ISEA’s by-laws and presents the awards that it gives every year to scientists.

•  Microscopy Society of America ( MSA )

  Promotes and advances scientific knowledge on microscopic imaging as well as on analysis and the diffraction techniques useful for elucidating the ultrastructure and function of materials. Reveals the organization’s main interest groups, including those on biomaterials and pharmaceutical products. Offers a discussion forum and some educational resources.

•  NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods ( NMAM )
•  OSHA - Sampling & Analytical Methods