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Following are products of Bleil Laboratories, Inc. Many of these
are self-sampling kits to save you the cost of sample collection, but other
products are listed here as well.
- Tap water self-sampling kits
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Sample your own tap water for Lead and
Mercury. Older homes, especially, are at risk for lead poisoning
because of the common use of lead based solder for pipes in years gone
by. Our kits allow you to sample your own water; the analysis is
included in the cost; just drop it in the mail and your results will
be soon to follow. Ask about our economical screening kits
starting as low as $29.95 as well as our full analysis kits. One
kit is required per water source.
Lead commonly comes from pipes in homes,
especially older homes where lead-based solder was used to weld pipes
together. The principle danger of lead is that the body cannot
get rid of it, so lead builds slowly over a lifetime until critical
concentrations are reached. Children are especially susceptible
to lead poisoning as it can cause learning problems, stunted growth
and impaired hearing for them. Lead targets the Kidneys. (National
Safety Council) The USEPA
requires a total lead concentration of 15 parts per billion or less in
drinking water.
Mercury is commonly found as an environmental
contaminant. Like lead, it builds in the body over a lifetime,
and cannot leave the body on its own without medical action.
Because it is a common environmental contaminant, it can cause toxic
levels of mercury in fish as they also act to accumulate mercury over
a long period of time. (National
Safety Council) The USEPA
requires a total mercury concentration of 2 parts per billion or less
for drinking water.
Arsenic is a heavy metal, yes, but is also just
plain toxic. It has been linked to cancer and birth defects, and
was commonly used as a rodenticide and pesticide. Areas that are
near landmine fills or historically a region of high pesticide use are
particularly at risk. (National
Safety Council) The USEPA
requires an arsenic concentration of 10 parts per billion or less.
Nitrates are strong oxidizing agents and excellent
fertilizers. As oxidizers (they cause things to burn) they are more
dangerous and corrosive than ammonia, but used as fertilizers more often because
they are less volatile (less likely to vaporize). They are often used as
food for many microorganisms, and thus can accelerate the growth of algae in
water. The USEPA Maximum Concentration Limit (MCL) in tap water is 10
parts per million.
Nitrites are often used as preservatives in products such
as wines (note the warning on the label of wines). More toxic than
nitrates, thus making them less useful as fertilizers, the USEPA Maximum
Concentration Limit is 1 part per million.
Ammonia is frequently a popular fertilizer in salt form,
but it becomes volatile in acidic conditions (as can be caused by acid rain, for
example), causing them to vaporize. The USEPA does not list this as toxic,
but low concentrations can give water bad flavor and smell.
Phosphates are relatively harmless by themselves, but act
to feed microorganisms. A teaspoon of phosphates are enough to create
enough algae in a lake to effectively kill the lake's inhabitants, which is very
bad news for anybody who enjoys fishing. Phosphates can also promote algae
growth in things like well water, making them undesirable.
- Electrophoresis Gel
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The same high quality/low cost capillary
electrophoresis gel that was originally produced by Dakota BioSciences,
LLC is now a product of Bleil Laboratories, Inc. Based on either
polyacrylamide or polydimethylacrylamide, our gels are in urea based
buffer solutions, and have an average molecular mass of over 10,000 Da.
The gels can be produced to any specification you need.
- Clathrates
An exciting type of compound, Clathrates protect the key
ingredient from premature oxidation, and allow for conditional, not timed,
release. Because they are molecular compounds, they can be as course as
grains of sugar, or ground into a powder so fine that they can be incorporated
into cosmetics or paints without notice.
- Specialized Instrumentation
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With experience in computer control and
monitoring to support our efforts, we can help you to design the
instrument to meet your needs. Just because it's not
commercially available, yet, doesn't mean you should do without.
Contact us, and see what we can do for you.
- Specialized Chemical Products
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As a general chemistry laboratory, we are
capable of synthesizing specialized chemicals, including but not
limited to polymers. As a full service lab, not only can we
design synthesis routes to make your target compound, but we can
analyze the results as verification or for quality
assurance.
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