Services

Capacity Building-
Environmental Caretakers/ Professionals/ Organisations

  • Skill Assessment and Evaluation
  • Indepth Subject Coaching
  • Technical and Skills Training
  • Strategic Environmental Action Planning for Organisations

Analytical
We offer a comprehensive range of services to test a variety of matrices including Air, Water, Soil, Waste, Wastewater, Biota

  • POPs-PCBs, OCPs, PBDEs, PFAS
  • Semi-volatile compounds-PAHs
  • Emerging contaminants including but not limited to PAEs, BPA, Triclosan, Parabens, Caffeine
  • Pharmaceutically active compounds
  • Microwave-assisted extraction/digestion for soil/sediment
  • Radiochemistry and radiological parameters
  • Ecotoxicological risk assessment
  • Microplastics
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Sampling and Monitoring
We offer a comprehensive range of services for sampling design, collection and monitoring of matrices including Air, Water, Soil, Waste, Wastewater, Biota

  • Air-PM10, PM2.5, PUF-PAS
  • Water-Active sampler, Grab and composite sampling
  • Sediment/Soil-Grab and composite sampling
  • Strategic Environmental Action Planning for Organisations

Wastewater-based epidemiology
We offer the analysis of wastewater for markers of public health including

  • Organic chemical tracers for wastewater intrusion
  • Antimicrobial Resistance 
  • SARS-CoV-2 viral load

Consultancy
Our expertise includes, but is not limited to, the following services:

  • Environment Impact Assessment
  • Environmental baseline studies (air, rivers, noise, soil, etc.)
  • Management and remediation plans
  • Environmental monitoring
  • Soil and groundwater assessments
  • GIS mapping
  • Risk analysis
  • Environmental awareness campaigns
  • Ecotoxicological risk assessment
  • Microplastics

Radionuclide Analysis

The following analysis are carried out in our Laboratory

Radionuclide Analysis:
Uranium (238U), Thorium (232Th), Potassium (40K), Caesium (137Cs) and Cobalt (60Co)*

Sample Matrix:
Sediment, Soil, Fish and Biota

Analytical Instruments:
Gamma Spectrometer (5 X 5 NaI)

 

Radionuclide Analysis:
Lead(210Pb)                                             Radium(228Ra)

Caesium (137Cs)                                     Strontium(89Sr, 90Sr)*

 

Sample Matrix:

Water                   Sediment                Soil

Fish                      Biota

 

Analytical Instruments:
Ultra Low Background Beta Counter

 

Radionuclide Analysis:
Polonium(210Po), Radium(226Ra) and Gross Alpha Radionuclides*

Sample Matrix:
Water, Sediment, Soil, Fish and Biota

Analytical Instruments:
Alpha Counters (ZnS- Ag)

Radionuclide Analysis:
Gross Beta Counting and High Active Beta Radionuclides*

 

Sample Matrix:
Water, Sediment, Soil, Fish and Biota

 

Analytical Instruments:
GM Counter

Radionuclide Analysis:
Analysis of Uranium*

Sample Matrix:
Water, Sediment, Soil, Fish and Biota

Analytical Instruments:
Uv-Vis Spectrophotometer

Radionuclide Analysis:
Monitoring and Survey of Terrestrial Gamma Emitting Radionuclides

Analytical Instruments:
Radiation Survey Meter

Note * – all analysis are followed by BARC and IAEA Approved protocol. Inter-comparison results are carried out by IAEA standard samples

Heavy Metal Analysis

Trace and Heavy Metal Analysis

Trace Element Analysis*:
Arsenic(As), Cadmium (Cd), Copper (Cu) , Zinc (Zn) , Iron (Fe) , Chromium (Cr) , Magnesium (Mg) , Mangense (Mn), Cobalt (Co), Strontium (Sr), Calcium (Ca), Lead (Pb) , Nickel (Ni), Titanium (Ti), Uranium (U), Thorium(Th)

Sample Matrix:
Sediment, Soil, Fish and Biota

Analytical Instruments:
AAS /ICP-MS

Note * – all analysis are followed by BARC and IAEA Approved protocol. Inter-comparison results are carried out by IAEA standard samples

Toxicity Assessment

Toxicity Assessment (LC50& LD50)

Acute, sub-acute, sub chronic, chronic toxicity, Whole Effluent Toxicity Testing in Fresh water Fishes can be carried out as per the guidelines of OECD and OPPTS Guidelines. 

 

Genotoxic Assessment

Comet Assay and Micronucleus Assay – genotoxicity testing of substances such as industrial chemicals, biocides, agrochemicals, food additives and pharmaceuticals. The following Studies are also undertaken:

  • In vivo micronucleus assay in mouse/rat/Fish

  • In vivo chromosomal aberration assay in mouse/rat/Fish

  • Cytotoxicity assay using dermal fibroblast cell lines

 

Haematology Analysis

The following analysis are carried out in our Laboratory

Hematology Analysis:

  • Analysis of Red Blood Cells (RBC), White Blood Cells (WBC), Lymphocytes (LYM),
  • Minimum Inhibitory Dilution (MID), Granulocytes (GRA),
  • Platelets (PLT),
  • Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV), Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin (MCH),
  • Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration (MCHC),
  • Hemoglobin (HGB),
  • Red Cell Distribution Width (RWDc), Red Cell Distribution Width Standard deviation (RWDs),
  • Procalcitonin (PCT),
  • Mean Platelet Volume (MPV), Platelet Distribution Width (PDWc), Platelet Distribution Width Standard deviation (PDWs) and
  • Haematocrit (HCT) levels

Sample Matrix:
Human and Veterinarian (Fish, Rats, Mice, rabbits, etc.) Blood samples

Analytical Instruments:
Hematology Analyzer

Note * – all analysis are followed by BARC and IAEA Approved protocol. Inter-comparison results are carried out by IAEA standard samples

Antioxidant Enzyme Analysis

The following analysis are carried out in our Laboratory

Enzyme Assays:
Antioxidant Enzyme Assays:

  • Catalase Assay (CAT).
  • Superoxide Dismutase Assay (SOD).
  • Lipid Hydroperoxide Assay (LPO).
  • Glutathione Assay (GSH).
  • AcetylcholinesteraseAsssay (AChE).

Sample Matrix:
Fresh Organ (Brain, Liver, Kidney, Muscle, Lungs and Gills for fish) samples

Note * – all analysis are followed by BARC and IAEA Approved protocol. Inter-comparison results are carried out by IAEA standard samples

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