SGS Victoria Day Holiday 2023 SGS will be closed Monday, May 22nd for Victoria Day, but will operate normal business hours on the days before and after. To accommodate your project needs including pickups, deliveries and sample holding times around the holiday, please take note of the following: Temperature sensitive samples should not be shipped by courier […]
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Mar
Mar
SGS AXYS Good Friday Holiday 2023 SGS AXYS will be closed Friday, April 7th, 2023, for Good Friday, but will operate normal business hours on the days before and after. To accommodate your project needs including pickups, deliveries and sample holding times around the holiday, please take note of the following: Temperature sensitive samples should not be […]
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Feb
Feb
SGS will be closed Monday, February 20th, 2023, for the Family Day holiday, but will operate normal business hours on the days before and after. To accommodate your project needs including pickups, deliveries and sample holding times around the holiday, please take note of the following: Samples with short holding times or incubation periods (BOD, […]
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Dec
Dec
2022 was a year that allowed us to finally connect with friends, family and colleagues again. As always, thank you for letting us partner with you to provide analytical services this past year. To keep you on track and prevent interruption during this busy holiday season, below is information on our holiday closures for Christmas […]
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Nov
Nov
SGS at SETAC North America 2022 SGS is thrilled to be back at SETAC’s North America 43rd Annual Meeting! Join us in Pittsburgh where our experts Dr. Bharat Chandramouli and Richard Grace will be there to provide you with analytical and specialty service solutions for your POP and CEC needs. Five days filled with networking, […]
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Sep
Sep
We are very pleased to announce the availability of the EPA’s newest PFAS method EPA 1621 Draft: Screening Method for the Determination of Adsorbable Organic Fluorine (AOF) in Aqueous Matrices by Combustion Ion Chromatography (CIC). Our work on Method 1621 continues our long tradition of PFAS excellence and our commitment to helping people measure PFAS […]
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Jun
Jun
On 15-June-2022, the EPA announced Interim Health Advisory Levels (HALs) for PFOS and PFOA (updated), and Final Health Advisory levels for GenX chemicals and PFBS. The PFOS and PFOA numbers were eye-popping! Interim updated HAL for PFOA = 0.004 parts per trillion (ppt) Interim updated HAL for PFOS = 0.02 ppt Final HAL for GenX […]
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Jan
Jan
SGS AXYS is pleased to announce that we have received accreditation for EPA Method 1633 from the US Department of Defense under QSM 5.4 Table B-24. Our accreditation (search for SGS AXYS Analytical Services Ltd.) covers all 40 PFAS in EPA 1633 for water, solids and tissue matrices. The US DoD has required that all new task orders after 01-Jan-2022 for PFAS analysis be carried out by EPA 1633. As the originator […]
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Dec
Dec
SEASON’S GREETINGS WISHING YOU A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON AND A HAPPY 2022! We would like to extend our wishes for a healthy and wonderful holiday season. Through this challenging year, the well-being and safety of our staff, clients and communities have been our top priorities. We will continue our pursuit of a better, safer and […]
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Dec
Dec
New! SGS AXYS is pleased to measure the major antiozonant degradation product 6-PPD Quinone and its parent compound 6-PPD at sub ng/L reporting limits. SGS Solution Once again, SGS AXYS has put its scientific expertise to use in developing the first method that quantifies 6-PPD quinone together with its precursor compound, 6-PPD. Quantification of 6-PPD, a […]