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Quality Assurance Issues at a Major International Resources Company In the mid 1990s a multinational resource firm formed a strategic alliance with a laboratory company to provide key analytical support. During the routine course of events, the laboratory was audited by the Quality Assurance department of the resource company. The audit didn't go well... |
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Isolation of a Drug Metabolite Key to an Analysis Required by Regulatory Authorities A generic pharmaceutical manufacturer contacted Investigative Science Incorporated about conducting an analysis of a series of tissues forming part of a medicated feed withdrawal study. The analysis was to be conducted using a GC/MS method specified by the regulatory officials. At first this appeared to be similar to countless other tissue residue analyses that we had performed... |
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Sampling and Characterization of a Highly Reactive Catalyst after an Environmental Spill Following a spill of aluminum chloride (a highly reactive catalyst) by a local manufacturer, Investigative Science Incorporated was retained to characterize the material and develop cleanup options. At the time of our first visit to the site, the material had been transferred into steel lugger boxes with welded lids in order to reduce contact with moisture and air. The only access to the luggers was through a 4 foot by 2 foot hatchway. Acidic fumes from the material prevented entry... |
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Bioremediation of Soil Contaminated with Diesel Fuel at Remote Fly-In Sites This project was conducted in remote northern Ontario. The contaminated sites were accessible only by float plane. Had road access been available, the contaminated soil could have simply been excavated and removed to a secure landfill however, in this case the challenge was not only how to remove the contamination but also how to complete the job using only equipment that could fit through the door of a float plane... |
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Help for Accused in an Arson Case A wood working factory in Western Canada was destroyed by fire and, on the strength of chromatograms of site samples, the Fire Marshall's office proceeded with arson charges... |
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A Case of Night Dumping A client conducting a cleanup of fuel oil in soil noted that the fuel content of the soils increased dramatically one summer. They contacted Investigative Science to conduct a forensic investigation to determine the source of the fuel. The client believed that someone was dumping fuel on their site... |
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The Scent Marking Behaviour of Sable Island Ponies Investigative Science Incorporated was contacted by a Japanese research organization which was studying the wild ponies on Sable Island, off the coast of Nova Scotia. The scientist had collected faecal and urine samples from about 100 individual horses and was searching out a laboratory that could develop a way to isolate and analyze the volatile components of the samples. The analysis was to help them understand how wild stallions mark their territory... |
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