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Come See Us at Western Canada Trace Organic Workshop in Vancouver

Please come see us at the annual 48th Annual Western Canada Trace Organic Workshop workshop from May 13th to 15th, in Vancouver, BC.  We will have our leading staff members there to discuss a lot of exciting developments at CARO and we would be happy … Continue reading

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CARO Services 2013 Fisheries & Oceans Canada Contract

I am pleased to announce that CARO has been included on the 2013 Fisheries and Oceans Canada (F&OC) Standing Offer for Laboratory Analytical Services. This is an important opportunity for CARO and validates our vision of servicing an expanded client base through … Continue reading

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CARO Goes Global with Soil Vapour

How did CARO help develop a global product?  Thank you to PerkinElmer for their exposé on CARO.  Lee Marotta, Perkin Elmer’s Senior Field Application Scientist has been a significant champion and partner in this venture.  It is a fantastic read and we … Continue reading

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Opportunities For The Future: A Documentary Worth Watching

CBC -The Nature of Things with David Suzuki – – Tipping Point: Age of the Oil Sands. While this documentary highlights only one perspective, what we at CARO take away from it is that more responsibility in leadership in environmental … Continue reading

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CARO Does Siloxanes

CARO does Siloxanes in Water & Air samples.  Over the years, we have had sporadic requests for siloxane analysis in air and water.  In 2011, siloxanes were identified as potential contaminants of concern in air and CARO developed methodology to test these … Continue reading

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CARO at RemTech 2012

CARO Analytical Services Ltd. was at RemTech 2012 conference in Banff, Alberta.  It was an informative conference and we were able to meet with a lot of great people and deliver a well received presentation. We presented on the topic: New Ultra-Trace Volatile Organic … Continue reading

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Are You Working With A PChem?

Recently a group of CARO employees attended the AGM for the Association for Professional Chemists of BC (ACPBC).  We came away inspired to highlight Professional Chemists (PChems) practicing in Western Canada.  Currently, over 25% of CARO’s staff are PChems which is … Continue reading

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Richmond Office Moved August 2012

We Have Moved Our Richmond Office Effective August 1st, 2012 CARO has moved our Lower Mainland operation to a custom built laboratory facility on August 1st, 2012. This move greatly enhances our ability to provide top quality service and test … Continue reading

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New Capabilities & Accreditation

CARO’s Richmond divison just received CALA accreditation for a wide range of new analyses.  Of note, we are now accredited for pesticides and herbicides in water and solid matrices. This includes the organophosphorus, organochlorine and carbamate pesticides, organonitrogen and acid herbicides, … Continue reading

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CARO Welcomes Ingrid Carleton-Dodds, Aquatic Toxicity Coordinator

Continuing to support CARO’s vision of building the strongest team in the analytical services industry, we are pleased to announce that Ingrid Carleton-Dodds has joined CARO as Aquatic Toxicity Coordinator for our Edmonton division. Ingrid will help to oversee and … Continue reading

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