Water & Environmental > Heavy Metals
Heavy Metals
A range of equipment for trace element analysis including a lab based Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer and field based water test kits for the analysis of heavy metals.
Contamination of our water resources by toxic heavy metals is increasingly becoming a problem the world over. Widespread industrial and urban pollution is responsible for introducing these heavy metals into the environment. This problem is particularly acute in the developing world where unchecked industrial growth, lack of monitoring facilities and failure to enforce environmental regulations only serves to add to the severity of the situation.
The heavy metals most often linked to human poisoning are Lead, Mercury, Arsenic, and Cadmium. Other heavy metals, including Copper and Zinc, are actually required by the body in small amounts, but can also be toxic in larger doses. This range of equipment enables accurate trace element analysis to be undertaken, with products for both the lab and field heavy metals analysis.
