Volume 1, Issue 1, Nine Months On Welcome to the first edition of MPL news. On January 29th 2010, Sydney based Envirolab Services officially took the reins of MPL laboratories and immediately set to work. Nine months on and it has been an exciting time for MPL, we have seen many changes, some major, some not so major. Under the watchful eye of Managing Director Tania Notaras, the laboratory has had a new lease of life bestowed upon it. We might look the same, and we are branded the same,...
read moreVolume 2 What’s New at MPL The last few months has seen MPL very busy developing new methodologies and new services. Our entry into the Acid and Metalliferous mine Drainage (AMD) arena has seen us secure projects from all over the nation including samples from mining companies in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and New South Wales. The range of samples to date has been remarkable. The samples have not all been routine gold mine or sulphide ore based deposits either, they have...
read moreVolume 3, Issue 1 What’s New at MPL MPL have been busy increasing our local capabilities. March saw NATA Accredit MPL for free living protozoa, namely Naegleria fowleri, Acanthamoeba as well as Acid and Metalliferous Drainage(AMD) methodologies. The accreditation of Naegleria fowleri amoeba is a significant achievement making MPL only the third laboratory in Australia to gain accreditation. Naegleria fowleri is the organism responsible for the water borne disease primary amoebic...
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