News & Publications

EcoChem technical staff are regular presenters at environmental and quality assurance conferences nationwide. A selection of our technical papers is listed below. Please contact us for more information or to request a copy.

We also publish an occasional newsletter, EcoNotes, covering new analytical and regulatory developments in the industry.

Quality Control for Environmental Contaminant Data Collection - Top Ten Pet Peeves with Traditional Approaches. Ann Bailey, Craig Hutchings, Mark Lybeer (EcoChem, Inc.). Presented in August 2007 to the 23rd National Environmental Monitoring Conference (NEMC), Cambridge, MA.

Variables in Lipids Analyses and Effect on Data Quality. Craig Hutchings, Ann Bailey (EcoChem, Inc.). Presented in August 2006 to the 22nd National Environmental Monitoring Conference (NEMC), Arlington, VA.

Reference Materials as Indicators of Analytical Data Quality for Human and Ecological Risk Assessments. Ann Bailey, Craig Hutchings (EcoChem, Inc.) and Peter Kane (Alpha-Woods Hole Laboratory). Presented in May 2006 to the 10th International Symposium on Biological and Environmental Reference Materials, Charleston, SC.

How to Collect Trustworthy Data - Quality Assurance for Environmental Studies. Ann Bailey (EcoChem, Inc.). Presented in October 2003 to NOAA's National Ocean Service.

EcoNotes 2005 explains the available PCB Aroclor and congener analytical methods, and provides a primer on brominated flame retardent (PBDE) regulations and analyses.