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Iowa is only state lab testing 28 chemicals on EPA UCMR3 list Are there chemicals in the 34 billion gallons of water provided by public utilities every
day in America? The Environmental Protection Agency is helping answer that question with
a new list of contaminants that will be part of municipal water systems testing
beginning this year and continuing through 2015. The State Hygienic Laboratory is the
only state environmental public health laboratory that has achieved approved status to
test for all 28 chemical contaminants on this EPA list known as the unregulated
contaminant monitoring regulation 3 (UCMR3).
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Librarian shares history of Iowa's laboratory How did the State Hygienic Laboratory go from testing typhoid fever to extracting the DNA
fingerprints of illnesses? Kathy Fait, librarian and historian, will connect the dots on
Feb. 28 in part one of "The History of the State Hygienic Laboratory at the University
of Iowa." The hour-long presentation begins at 5:30 p.m. in room 401 of the University
of Iowa Hardin Library for the Health Sciences.
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Day at Capitol is rare experience for young scientists "Hill days" at the Iowa Capitol connect legislators and constituents in an exchange of
ideas and updates. Earlier this month, two young scientists shared news about their
Hygienic Laboratory projects with state senators and representatives during STEM
(science, technology, engineering and math) Day at the Capitol. The annual event held on
Feb. 6 was organized by the Governor's STEM Advisory Council.
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A day on the hill When young scientists share their ideas for a better idea, legislators listen. Megan
Mekoli and Abby Walling documented their visit to the Iowa Capitol with photos that
they shared with Lab Link.
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