Fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas), 7-day Chronic, daily renewal, MHSF

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一般描述

This Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) proficiency testing sample is produced in accordance with ISO/IEC 17043:2010. This product is produced according to TNI requirements. However, please note, this sample may include non-TNI analytes as well.

In the Chronic WET tests, Fathead minnow is employed as a test organism to measure its ability to grow, develop and reproduce when exposed to wastewater effluent. This method of determination is used to estimate the effluent′s toxicity levels in aquatic/freshwater environments.

Supelco^® is a global proficiency testing (PT) provider that manufactures best-in-class environmental and pharmaceutical PT products. Most water PT samples are available as concentrates or ready-to-use volumes giving the end-user flexibility in selecting samples that will fit their exact needs. Our PT program is designed to meet the quality assurance requirements in compliance with Discharge Monitoring Report - Quality Assurance Program (DMR-QA), thereby ensuring the analytical competence of your laboratory.

Analyte/s: Values of analytes vary lot to lot.

All information regarding the use of Fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas), 7-day Chronic, daily renewal, MHSF proficiency testing standard can be found in the reporting packet which will be available to download at PT Portal.

应用

Fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas), 7-day Chronic, daily renewal, MHSF proficiency testing material is designed for use in chronic Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) proficiency testing.

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特点和优势

We have a vast portfolio of environmental PT schemes with "fit-for-purpose" samples to help you meet the needs of the laboratory.
Our proficiency testing (PT) program is a benchmark to:

• provide staff with an insight into their laboratory′s performance, to verify the accuracy and reliability of their testing process
• provide a comparison of performance with that of other laboratories, nationally and internationally
• test and educate staff, provide a better understanding of the impact of incorrect results and identify areas where there may be problems
• provide an independent evaluation of laboratory performance
• demonstrate to clients, colleagues and accreditation bodies that there is a commitment to quality

制备说明

Description

• The effluent is provided as a concentrate for dilution in moderately hard synthetic freshwater (MHSF).
• This concentrate is an EPA-specified toxicant in reagent-grade DI water.
• Enough material has been provided to run the method at least twice. If you require more toxicant, please contact ptservice@milliporesigma.com. An ampule is provided for making fresh effluents for each day of the test.
• Do not deviate from the supplied instructions or EPA Method 1000.0. Contact ptservice@milliporesigma.com before running the test if you see the need to deviate from the test conditions. Deviations may affect your final evaluation.

• To prepare 3 L of effluent, add 2900 mL of MHSF to a flask.
• reparation instructions for MHSF can be found in the EPA document EPA-821-R-02-013, page 26.
• Transfer the entire contents of one ampule to the flask. Rinse the ampule with MHSF and transfer to volumetric flask. Bring flask to a 3 L volume with MHSF.
• This represents 3 L of effluent water for test.
• The effluent prepared according to these instructions represents the sample ready for testing, 100% effluent. This 100% effluent is split into two 1.5 L aliquots. The first aliquot is your 100% effluent for testing. The second aliquot is diluted with 1.5 L MHSF and mixed. This becomes your 50% effluent sample. Continue diluting half of each sample with the same volume of MHSF to make your 25%, 12.5% and 6.25% effluent dilutions, which represent the five test dilutions.

• Test Type: Static renewal
• Test duration: 7 days
• Temperature: 25 ºC ±1 ºC. Test must not deviate by more than 3 ºC during the test.
• Renewal of Test solutions: Daily
• Dilution water: Moderately hard synthetic water

• Light quality: Ambient laboratory illumination (recommended)
• Light intensity: 10-20 μE/m²/s (50-100 ft-c) (ambient laboratory levels) (recommended)
• Photoperiod: 16 h light, 8 h darkness (recommended)
• Test chamber size: 500 mL (recommended minimum)
• Test solution volume: 250 mL (recommended minimum)
• Age of test organisms: Newly hatched larvae less than 24 h old. If shipped, not more than 48 h old, 24 h range in age (required)
• No. organisms per test chamber: 10 (required minimum)
• No. replicate chambers per concentration: 4 (required minimum)
• No. of organisms per concentration: 40 (required minimum)
• Source of food: Newly hatched Artemia nauplii (less than 24 h old) (required)
• Feeding regime: On days 0-6, feed 0.1 g newly hatched (less than 24-h old) brine shrimp nauplii three times daily at 4-h intervals or, as a minimum, 0.15g twice daily at 6-h intervals (at the beginning of the workday prior to renewal, and at the end of the workday following renewal). Sufficient nauplii are added to provide an excess. (recommended).
• Cleaning: Siphon daily, immediately before test solution renewal (required)
• Test solution aeration: None, unless DO concentration falls below 4.0 mg/L; rate should not exceed 100 bubbles/min.
• Test concentrations: 5 and a control (required minimum)
• Dilution series: greater than or equal to 0.5 dilutions series (recommended)
• Test acceptability criteria: 80% or greater survival in controls; average dry weight per surviving organism in control chambers equals or exceeds 0.25 mg (required)
• Sample holding requirements: Composite sample within 36h of effluent preparation (required)

储存及稳定性

Please refer to sample label for expiration date, specific storage temperature, and specific storage conditions.

其他说明

Are you new to Supelco^® Proficiency Testing? Be sure to register your account details in the PT Portal before placing your order.
This will provide access to data entry, reporting packets and final reports. Registrations will be approved shortly after your order is placed. For further questions, write to us at ptservice@milliporesigma.com.

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Proficiency testing samples are presented as single blind. No values for the samples are released until the testing period concludes.

Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) tests are designed to predict the impact and toxicity of effluents discharges.

Proficiency Testing Schedule (2021-2022)

DMR-QA (US customers only)
DMR-QA 41 March 19 - July 5, 2021

DMR-QA 42 2022 Dates TBD

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