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# Air / water / soil quality

## News and Updates

### NIST Upgrades Tech for Monitoring Methane Emissions

January 16, 2024

### Spotlight: Paving the Way With Recycled Plastics in the State of Hawai‘i

October 3, 2023

### Spotlight: Physical Scientist Christina Cecelski Goes From In-Flight to In-the-Lab Experiences

April 20, 2023

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## Projects and Programs

### Microplastic and Nanoplastic Metrology

### Standards for Assessing the Safety of Recreational Waters from Fecal Contamination

### Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

### Certification of Three Soil SRMs for Inorganic Environmental Measurements

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## Publications

### Standards to Support an Enduring Capability in Wastewater Surveillance for Public Health: Where Are We?

December 1, 2022

Stephanie  ServetasKirsten  ParrattNancy  Lin

### Potential artifacts and control experiments in toxicity tests of nanoplastic and microplastic particles

October 14, 2022

Elijah  PetersenAna  BarriosMonique  JohnsonAntonio  Montoro Bustos

### Common Single-use Consumer Plastic Products Release Trillions of Nanoparticles per Liter into Water During Normal Use

April 20, 2022

Christopher D.  ZangmeisterJames  RadneyKurt D.  BenksteinBerc  Kalanyan

### Impact of disaster research on the development of early career researchers: Lessons learned from the wastewater monitoring community pandemic response

April 7, 2022

Ishi  Keenum

## Software

### Quick Indoor CO2 (QICO2) Tool

April 8, 2022

### ViPER - Virus Particle Exposure in Residences

November 22, 2021

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## Tools and Instruments

### Ozone Standard Reference Photometer

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### Lisa Ng Receives IBPSA-USA Emerging Contributor Award

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