Congratulations to CSS employee owners supporting The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) National Toxicology Program Quality Assurance. The team is recognized for precision in identifying inconsistencies and safeguarding data integrity across large-scale toxicology studies. This team’s work directly supports regulatory agencies in protecting human health and the environment through rigorous toxicological data review. 

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Organizing National Mussel Watch Program Sample Collection Missions

Established in 1986, NOAA’s National Mussel Watch Program has been systematically monitoring nearly 600 chemical contaminants (including legacy organic contaminants, trace metals, and contaminants of emerging concern) and biological indicators for the establishment of baseline contamination levels in coastal waters around the U.S., including the Great Lakes, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands. CSS employee…

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Assisting with Design and Validation of Mobile Chemical Analysis Laboratory

Portable High-throughput Integrated Laboratory Identification System (PHILIS) is the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) suite of mobile laboratories designed to provide on-site analysis of chemical agents. CSS employee owners support the PHILIS team with on-site responses and chemical analysis. CSS PHILIS teams recently supported the technical design and integration of state-of-the-art emergency response mobile laboratory units engineered for the rapid detection and quantification of hazardous materials. CSS PHILIS teams in…

Overcoming COVID-19 Challenges

Great job to our team supporting our contract with the U.S. General Services Administration on assisting the client with conducting a year’s worth of environmental, health, and safety surveys in just six months! Due to limitations with COVID-19, the team was unable to conduct their surveys on their usual timeline and instead had to work…