DHMH Laboratories Administration Environmental Chemistry Division:
OPERATIONAL STATEMENT
To provide and ensure consistent, accurate and defensible data generated through the analyses of multi-media environmental and consumer product samples in support of federal and State public health regulations
GOAL
To provide a wide array of quality technical services that enhance effective management of public health programs established to protect and promote the health of the people of Maryland and their communities.
VALUE
Excellence in providing quality data, technical consultation, innovative solutions, responsive service, and building a network of partnerships with shared priorities.
PLEDGE TO QUALITY SERVICES
We are committed to provide quality customer service for the testing of your samples. We pledge to do our best to ensure your satisfaction with sample test results and technical information. If you should experience any problem with our analytical services, please let us know. We will correct the problem expeditiously and to the best of our ability.
LABORATORY SERVICES
This Division provides a wide range of analytical services for environmental and consumer products by employing state-of-the art instruments that are capable of detecting traces levels of toxic pollutants in our environment.
Tests are performed on air, beverages, biota, drugs, drinking water, foods, pharmaceuticals, sediments, sludges, soils, and wastewater for
Matrices Analyzed:
ENVIRONMENTAL:| Ambient / Indoor air |
Building materials |
| Drinking Water |
Dust/wipes |
| Fish & Shellfish |
Leachates |
| Sediments |
Sludges |
| Surface water |
Wastewater |
CONSUMER PRODUCTS SAFETY:| Pharmaceuticals |
Drugs/consumer products |
| Foods |
Beverages/bottled water |
BIOMONITORING:| Urine |
Blood |
CHEMICAL TERRORISM / EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & RESPONSE:| Urine |
Blood |
White powders |
Test Menu:
| Asbestos |
Metals |
| Base Neutrals, & Acids |
Nerve agents’ metabolites |
| Blister agents metabolites |
Nutrients |
| Carbamates pesticides |
Organophosphate pesticides |
| Chlorinated acid herbicides |
Particulate matter, 2.5 μm |
| Chlorinated pesticides |
Polychlorinated biphenyls |
| Chlorophyll |
Radiologicals |
| Demands (inorganics) |
Semi-volatile organic compds |
| Non-Metallic inorganics |
Volatile organic compounds |
Instruments Available:
| High Performance Liquid Chromatographs |
| LC-MS/MS (HP Hybrid Triple Quadrupole – Linear Ion Trap) |
| Gas Chromatographs with various detectors |
| Gas Chromatographs – Mass Spectrometers |
| Inductively Coupled Plasma – Atomic Emission Spectrometer |
| Inductively Coupled Plasma – Mass Spectrometer |
| Fourier Transform-Infra-Red Spectrometer |
| Gamma Spectrometers |
| Alpha Spectrometer |
| Liquid Scintillation Spectrometers |
| Alpha / Beta Counting Systems |
| Flow Injection Analyzers |
| Total Organic Carbon Analyzer |
| Automated Titrimeter |
Contacts
- Division Chief:
- Laboratory Scientist Manager:
- DEC Quality Assurance Officer:
- DEC Office Fax:
Inorganics Analytical Laboratory:
- Laboratory Scientist Supervisor:
»» Nutrients Section
- Laboratory Scientist Lead:
»» General Chemistry Section
- Laboratory Scientist Lead:
Air & Radiation Laboratory:
- Laboratory Scientist Supervisor:
»» Air Quality Section
- Laboratory Scientist Lead:
»» Radiation Section
- Laboratory Scientist Lead:
Organics Analytical Laboratory:
- Laboratory Scientist Supervisor:
»» Volatile Organics Section
- Laboratory Scientist Lead:
»» Semi-Volatile Organics Section
- Laboratory Scientist Lead:
Trace Metals Laboratory:
- Laboratory Scientist Supervisor:
»» Environmental Metals Section
- Laboratory Scientist Lead:
»» Bioanalytical Metals Unit
- Laboratory Scientist Lead: