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Testing facilities in NZ

Ecotoxicity testing protocols 

Terrestrial

Aquatic

Ecotoxicity results

Contaminant mobility

Soil property data

Models

Toxicity databases

RA methodologies

Document resources

Problem Identification

Receptor Characterisation

Exposure Assessment

Toxicity Assessment

Risk Characterisation

Biological Testing Facilities

 

  What

Place

Tests

Contact details

Aquatic Toxicity

NIWA

 

Acute fish (96 hour)

Acute invertebrate (48/96 hour)

Acute algal (72/96 hour)

Chronic fish & crustacean

Dr Chris Hickey

c.hickey@niwa.co.nz

NIWA

PO Box 11-115

Hamilton

New Zealand

 

Aquatic Toxicity

Forest Research

Acute Fish 96 hr toxicity

 

 

 

 

 

Mike van den Heuvel mike.vandenheuvel@forestresearch.co.nz

Forest Research

Salsa St

PB 3020

Rororua

New Zealand

Terrestrial Toxicity

Landcare Research

Soil invertebrate

Mortality

Growth

Reproduction

Plants

Emergence

Growth

Soil Microorganism

Respiration

N mineralisation

Chris Bailey

Baileyc@landcareresearch.co.nz

Landcare Research

PO Box 40

Lincoln

New Zealand

Terrestrial toxicity

NZ Seed Technology Institute (NZSTI)

 

Beneficial invertebrate testing: mites, honey bees, wolf spiders, ladybirds, etc

 

 

 

Rouki Bakker (NZSTI),

Professor Steve D. Wratten

wrattens@lincoln.ac.nz

NZ Seed Technology Institute

Lincoln University

PO Box 84

Lincoln

New Zealand

 

Chemical testing

Organisation

Test

Matrix

Comments

AgriQuality Environmental

PO Box 30547

Lower Hutt

ph 04 5708800

(including ESR analytical and National Chemical Residues Laboratory)

OCOPSP pesticides, anticoagulants, vertebrate pesticides, acidic herbicides, glyphosphates, EBDCs, Quats, Benomyls, ClofHex, 1080, IGRs, PAH, metals

waters, wastewaters, soil, sludge, air.

techniques include:  GFAAS, ICP-OES, ICP-MS, HPLC, GC-MS, GLC.

IANZ reg’d

Analytical Research Laboratories

PO Box 989

Napier

ph 06 8359222

metals

waters and wastewaters

techniques include:  GFAAS, ICP-OES

IANZ reg’d

Capital Environmental Services

PO Box 38328

Wellington Mail Centre

ph 04 5667311

asbestos

water, air, wastes, indoor air quality

 

Cawthron Institute

Private Bag 2

Nelson 7020

ph 03 5482319

metals, VOC, BTEX, chlorophenols, SVOC, OCOP pesticides, acid herbicides, PAH, PCB, THM.

water

GFAAS, AAS, GCMS.

LC-MS

IANZ reg'd

Chemsearch

Department of Chemistry

University of Otago

PO Box 56

Dunedin

ph 03 4797885

PAH, triclopyr, xanthates, metals

Waters, sewage, effluents and trade wastes

techniques include: HPLC, FAAS, GFAAS

IANZ reg’d for metals in water

Environmental Laboratory Services

PO Box 36

105 Moera

Lower Hutt

ph 04 5765016

metals

waters, trade waste, sewage

techniques include:

ICP-OES

IANZ reg’d

HortResearch

Food & Biological Chemistry Laboratory

PO Box 3123

Hamilton

ph 07 858 4729

OC pesticides, PCB, neutral pesticides, acid herbicides, glyphosphates, chlorophenols, PAH, alkyl phenols, plasticisers

waters, soil, sediment

Techniques include: LC-MS, GC-FID, GC-ECD/NPD/FPD, HPLC

 IANZ reg’d

RJ Hill Laboratories Ltd

Private Bag 3205

Hamilton

ph 07 8582000

VOC BTEX THM ,  SVOC, PAH, PCBs, OCP, PCP, pesticides OPON, chlorinated phenols, acidic herbicides, metals.

Soils, Waters, Fish, Shellfish

Techniques include: ICP-MS, ICP-OES, GFAAS, GC-FID, GC-ECD/NPD, TOC, FIA, IC.

IANZ reg’d for methods in waters, environmental monitoring,

Landcare Research

Toxicology & National Vertebrate Pesticide Residue Laboratory

PO Box 40

Lincoln

03 321 9999

anticoagulants, vertebrate pesticides, 1080

soil, water, plant, animal tissue

Techniques including: GC-ECD/FID, HPLC.

IANZ reg’d

SGS Environmental

PO Box 13-518

Onehunga

Auckland

ph 09 6342593

VOC, SVOC, Pesticides, PCP, PAH, PCB, BTEX, THM, metals

waters, solid wastes

Techniques include: AAS, GC-FID, GC-ECD/NPD, GC-MS.

 IANZ reg’d

Watercare

PO Box 59077

Mangere Bridge

Auckland

09 255 1181

metals, acid herbicides, DHAs, haloacetic acids, volatile acids, VOC, BTEX, THM, PAH, OCpest, phenols, phthalates/plasticisers

waters, air, wastewater, soil, sludge

 

Sources: IANZ website, yellow pages, and personal contacts.


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