Category Archives: CARO Capabilities

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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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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COR Health & Safety Certification, Edmonton

In keeping with CARO’s commitment to a safe working environment, we are pleased to announce successful completion of an external health & safety audit at our Edmonton facility.   We have been issued a Certificate of Recognition (COR) which is awarded to … Continue reading

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CARO at WaterTech

CARO Analytical Services was at Water Technologies Symposium April 12th, 2012 where we met delegates at our booth during the conference had a presentation on “The Future of Laboratory and Field Filtration to Improve Reliability and Reproducibility of Low Level … Continue reading

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Interesting New Testing for Bacteria

We saw an interesting new article in the Vancouver Sun today and thought we would share it. We will also look into doing this testing in the future. “B.C. scientists engineer water-testing tool kit that IDs bacteria by genetics. Faster … Continue reading

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New CARO Metals Detection Limits

  CARO is pleased to announce market leading detection limits for metals in water and soil.    In late 2010, after months of evaluating available technologies, we purchased one of the newest Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometers (ICP-MS) on the market.  The Agilent … Continue reading

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CARO Opens Whitehorse, YK Depot

CARO Analytical Services is pleased to announce that we have opened a laboratory depot in Whitehorse, Yukon.  You will find a full range of supplies needed for your next sampling project including coolers, bottles with preservatives, and soil jars.  Please … Continue reading

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CARO Included on 2010 Fisheries & Oceans Canada Standing Offer

I am pleased to announce that CARO has been included on the 2010 F&OC Standing Offer for Laboratory Analytical Services. This is an important new opportunity for CARO and validates our vision of servicing an expanded client base through larger … Continue reading

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