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Chemical Analyses Performed:

  • Chemical contaminants in processed food, drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, and other  consumer products
  • Lead in candy, candy wrappers, and dinnerware
  • Metal contaminants in other processed food, vegetables and cosmetics
  • Seafood toxin (domoic acid) in seafood and histamine in fish
  • Food preservatives in processed food
  • Drug analyses in prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs, ethnic medicines, herbal medicines, and nutritional supplements
  • Color additives in processed food, drugs, and cosmetics

Products Typically Analyzed:

Processed foods, drugs, herbal products, seafood, spices, cosmetics, consumer products, and ceramic ware.

Research:

Emergency response, rapid screening methods, drug analyses (herbal products and ethnic medicines), arsenic, lead, mercury, and cadmium in consumer products

 

 

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