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Accredited PAH Testing - Drinking Water

Accredited PAH Testing - Drinking Water Following a recent validation exercise of a new analytical technique, Fitz Scientific are pleased to advise that we can now provide low level detection of PAHs in drinking water matrices in-house in our Drogheda laboratory. These methods are now accredited to ISO 17025 for drinking water.

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2nd April 2021 @ 11:38 AM
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Food Chemistry - Fatty Acid Methyl Esters

Food Chemistry - Fatty Acid Methyl Esters Our food chemistry team Aaron and Blessing, this week are working on the validation of new methods for fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) in a range of food matrices.

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23rd March 2021 @ 3:48 PM
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Pesticide exceedances in Irish Drinking Water

Irish Water has reported a slight increase in pesticide exceedances in drinking water in 2020.

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19th March 2021 @ 11:35 AM
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EPA Private Drinking Water Quality Report

Ireland's Private Drinking Water Quality Is Putting Health at Risk In its annual report, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has warned that the quality of drinking water in private water supplies in Ireland is not good enough.

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11th February 2021 @ 3:04 PM
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Christmas Opening Hours 2020

Christmas 2020 As the Christmas season gets under way we would like to inform you of our opening hours for Lab Testing Services.

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11th December 2020 @ 12:17 PM
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Elemental Testing Services

Elemental Analysis In recent years Fitz Scientific have developed a broad range of elemental testing services. These include the following:

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24th November 2020 @ 4:59 PM
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Pesticide Testing in Water

As part of a number of exciting investments and improvements we have recently made we are delighted to now offer accredited analysis of water samples for pesticides and herbicides.

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25th September 2020 @ 9:12 AM
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Update to Total Nitrogen Analytical Method

Following recent validation work on improved methods, we are now applying a change to the standard method we offer for Total Nitrogen analysis in water samples.

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24th June 2020 @ 3:40 PM
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Legionella testing - Re-opening after the COVID-19 pandemic

Legionella Control and Monitoring after COVID-19 closure As part of the Return to Work Safely Protocol issued by the Department of Health, guidance is given on the precautions to be taken regarding control of Legionella in the workplace.

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28th May 2020 @ 12:28 PM
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Laboratory Operating Schedule - COVID-19 Update

Laboratory Operating Schedule With respect to the current COVID-19 situation, we will in as far as possible, ensuring employee and public safety, continue to provide monitoring and testing services to customers.

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6th April 2020 @ 10:21 AM
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HSE Environmental Health - Water Test

Potable Water Testing If you operate a food business that uses water either directly in the production of food products or indirectly in cleaning or processing it is your responsibility to ensure the water meets the basic quality standards set out in EU Legislation and implemented in Ireland under the European Union Drinking Water Regulations, 2014 (S.I. No. 122 of 2014).

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6th April 2020 @ 4:48 PM
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National Manufacturing Expo 2020

We're exhibiting at the National Manufacturing & Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition in Citywest, Dublin on 29th and 30th January 2020. We want you to join us and say hello as we get to meet hundreds of manufacturing professionals and industry leaders from across Ireland. Chat to us about the services we offer including:

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28th January 2020 @ 12:13 PM
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Limit of Quantification - Drinking Water Changes

Limit of Quantification Update Following the introduction of SI 464 of 2017 European Union (Drinking Water) (Amendment) Regulations 2017, the drinking water regulatory requirements are transferring from the use of precision, bias and limit of detection (LoD) to prescribe the quality of analytical results to using the uncertainty of measurement (UoM) and limit of quantification (LoQ). These changes must be put in place by all accredited laboratories from 1st Jan 2020.

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6th January 2020 @ 4:36 PM
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Northern Ireland Soil Testing

Northern Ireland Soil Testing Farms in Northern Ireland will now require soil testing before using chemical or manure fertilisers rich in Phosphorus. From 1st January 2020 all grassland farms spreading fertiliser will need to complete soil analysis to determine pH, Phosphorus (P), Potassium (K) and Lime requirement.

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22nd October 2019 @ 9:48 AM
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Metaldehyde water test now available from Fitz Scientific

Metaldehyde water test now available from Fitz Scientific We have recently completed the successful development of a new method for analysis of Metaldehyde in water matrices. The method, developed by our senior analysts, is capable of identifying Metaldehyde in water matrices with a testing range from 25ng/L to 250ng/L, using liquid chromatography technologies.

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25th October 2019 @ 11:39 AM
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County Council Well Water Grants

Private Drinking Water Well Grant Increase The Department of Housing, Planning & Local Government have announced an increase to the grant available to homeowners for refurbishment works or installation of a domestic well in rural areas. The maximum grant available for refurbishment has been increased to €3,000 and where a new well is required the maximum amount is €5,000. Refurbishment works include installation of disinfection systems like UV treatment and filters to make sure your water is safe to drink.

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10th December 2020 @ 9:25 AM
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Will Brexit Affect Your Laboratory Services

Will Brexit affect your laboratory service? As the United Kingdom prepares to leave the European Union on 30th March 2019 you may be wondering how this will impact your industry. If you currently avail of contract laboratory services in the UK the effects of a no deal Brexit will have a major impact on the ability of these UK based laboratories to provide a reliable analytical testing service to you. Under the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Act 1992, an IPC Licence is required if carrying out specified industrial activities. This licence stipulates the routine monitoring required for emissions to air and water along with other control requirements.

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3rd April 2019 @ 9:52 AM
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Watermain Disinfection and Testing

Watermain Disinfection and Testing The current Irish Water Code of Practice for Water Infrastructure (2017) specifies the requirements for builders, developers and construction companies with regard to new watermain connections.

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10th January 2019 @ 4:46 PM
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Drinking Water Quality

Drinking Water Quality Irish Water plans to write to over 140,000 homes and businesses over the course of the coming weeks to advise of issues that exist with their drinking water. A booklet outlining the issues will be delivered to customers in 16 counties.

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11th October 2018 @ 4:34 PM
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Staleen Water Main - Update

Staleen Water Main Update Irish Water have announced that repair work to the burst watermain at Staleen has been completed. The pipeline servicing the Staleen Water Treatment Plant in Donore, Co. Meath burst on Wednesday 30th May causing restrictions to the water supply in Drogheda and East Meath.

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4th April 2019 @ 12:59 PM
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Testing your well water after flooding

Private Well Water Testing Following recent heavy rain and snowfall it is very common for surface water to contaminate your well water. If you have noticed any changes to your tap water, it is recommended to test your water to ensure it is safe to drink. Harmfull bacteria including E Coli, Coliforms and Clostridia are present everywhere in the environment but are only dangerous when they enter your drinking water supply. If your well is properly constructed and sealed there is less risk of contamination however an annual water test is advisable.

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20th March 2018 @ 5:53 PM
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Boil Water Notice for Wicklow & South Dublin

Updated Friday 2nd February

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2nd February 2018 @ 2:37 PM
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Updated Drinking Water Regulations

Updated Drinking Water Regulations The European Union (Drinking Water) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 122 of 2014) have been updated with some changes to the tests required to ensure water is safe to drink. Amendment SI 464:2017 to the drinking water standard now titles the regulation as "The European Union (Drinking Water) (Amendment) Regulations 2017". 

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1st November 2018 @ 12:15 PM
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Limit of detection changes

Reporting and Rounding of Final Results To report a final result correctly the level of accuracy being reported has to be defensible so a laboratory has to identify to what level they are confident in the final result e.g. if we report 10.056grm how confident are we that the 5 hundredths of the gram or 6 thousandths of the gram are accurate enough?

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22nd April 2020 @ 9:04 AM
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Bacillus and Pseudomonas added to scope

Fitz Scientific have further increased our scope of accreditation to ensure accurate and reliable results on food testing. Bacillus cereus and Pseudomonas spp are now among the accredited range of microbial tests we conduct on food and swabs.

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10th January 2018 @ 11:10 AM
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Lower limits of detection with new ICP MS

Following the recent installation of a new ICP MS instrument, Fitz Scientific are delighted to offer lower limits of detection on the analysis of many metals. The installation of the Agilent 7900 is in addition to the current operational ICP MS & ICP OES instruments and allows for increased capacity on lab testing.

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16th January 2018 @ 3:17 PM