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PFAS and Other Toxic Forever Chemicals in Drinking Water

For over 30 years the European Union have worked tirelessly to protect the integrity of our drinking water. EU officials have recently reached a provisional agreement to update the Union's 1998 Drinking Water Directive to tighten up the permissible limits allowed for both PFAS and several other drinking water contaminants, including bisphenol-A, microplastics, lead and chromium. The at the time of writing the European Parliament and Council are still to formally approve the proposal.

European drinking water standards currently far exceed the standards set in the United States but this is a changing picture as state by state new instances of contaminants are emerging. Currently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has only issued a nonenforceable health advisory of 70 ppt for PFOA, formerly used by DuPont to make Teflon, and PFOS, formerly an ingredient in 3M’s Scotchgard. Those compounds are no longer manufactured in the U.S., but they and other PFAS contaminate the drinking water for an estimated 110 million Americans. PFOA, PFOS and some other PFAS chemicals have been linked to cancer, thyroid disease, reproductive and immune system problems, and other health harms.

The european Parliament and the Council of the European Union have released new requirements for the analysis of per- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water intended for human consumption (5813/20). This amendment to Council Directive 98/83/EC included perfluoroalkanesulfonates that are not commercially available. In response to this Wellington Labroatories, Canada, is pleased to announce that its chemists have synthesized, purified, characterized and prepared accurate certified reference standards of the required substances: sodium perfluoro-1-undecanesulfonate (L-PFUds) and sodium perfluoro-1-tridecanesulfonate (L-PFTrDS). Wellington Laboratories have also prepared a native solution/mixture (EU-5813-NSS) that contains all of the PFAS listed in the drinking water directive (5813/20) for your convenience. This solution/mixture can be used in conjunction with two of Wellington's existing mass-labelled PFAS mixtures to easily prepare a calibration set for quantification.

Suggested extraction standard mixture : MPFAC-C-ES

Suggested injection standard mixture: MPFAC-C-IS

ChemSec is an international non-profit organization that works to phase out harmful chemicals in favor of safe alternatives. In their work, ChemSec wants to create a strong link between researchers, decision makers and companies in the fight against harmful chemicals. By joining ChemSec's PFAS movement, companies commit to work towards getting all PFAS chemicals covered by EU’s chemicals legislation, REACH, which lists the harmful chemicals banned from use in the EU, phased out from supply chains.

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Like a number of other large companies, Greyhound Chromatography has joined the Swedish non-profit organization ChemSecs PFAS movement. The movement is working to have a number of harmful fluorinated compounds – known as “forever chemicals”, since they don’t degrade – phased out and banned.

Wellington Laboratories Quality Management

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The people at Wellington are committed to the distribution of quality products as well as the maintenance of excellent customer service. In fact, in order to provide you with the best possible service, we now have three ISO certifications (ISO 9001:2015, ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and ISO 17034:2016) which cover all aspects of planning, production, testing, distribution, and post-distribution service.

These certifications allow us to monitor and maintain the highest level of quality and service and also allow our customers to satisfy the requirements of their own ISO certifications.

Our ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation has been certified by the Canadian Association for Laboratory Accreditation Inc. (CALA) and our scope is available for review on the CALA Directory of Accredited Laboratories (http://www.cala.ca).

Similarly, our ISO 17034:2016 accreditation has been certified by ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) and our certificate and scope are also available on their website (http://anab.org/).

If you require a hard copy of any of our ISO certificates, please do not hesitate to contact us at info@well-labs.com.