SRM 1944 New York/New Jersey Waterway Sediment - Standard Reference Material (SRM) 1944 is a mixture of marine sediment collected near urban areas in New York and New Jersey. SRM 1944 is intended for use in evaluating analytical methods for the determination of selected polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners, chlorinated pesticides, and trace elements in marine sediment and similar matrices. Reference values are also provided for selected polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) congeners, selected dibenzo-p-dioxin and dibenzofuran congeners, total organic carbon, total extractable material, and particle size characteristics. Information values are provided for selected polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) and hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDs). All of the constituents for which certified, reference, and information values are provided in SRM 1944 were naturally present in the sediment before processing. A unit of SRM 1944 consists of a bottle containing 50 g of radiation-sterilized, freeze-dried sediment. This data is public in the Certificate of Analysis for this material.

SRM 1941b Organics in Marine Sediment - This Standard Reference Material (SRM) is marine sediment collected at the mouth of the Baltimore (MD) Harbor. SRM 1941b is intended for use in evaluating analytical methods for the determination of selected polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners, and chlorinated pesticides in marine sediment and similar matrices. Information values are also provided for total organic carbon (TOC), total carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen. All of the constituents for which certified, reference, and information values are provided in SRM 1941b were naturally present in the sediment before processing. A unit of SRM 1941b consists of a bottle containing 50 g of radiation-sterilized, freeze-dried sediment. This data is public in the Certificate of Analysis for this material.

SRM 1946 Lake Superior Fish Tissue - This Standard Reference Material (SRM) is a frozen fish tissue homogenate that was prepared from lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush namaycush) collected near the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior (U.S./Canada), and is intended primarily for use in evaluating analytical methods for the determination of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners, chlorinated pesticides, polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) congeners, perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), fatty acids (including omega-3 fatty acids), extractable fat, methylmercury, total mercury, proximates , ?-hexabromocyclododecane (?-HBCD), and selected trace elements in fish tissue and similar matrices. All of the constituents for which certified, reference, and information mass fraction values are provided are naturally present in the fish tissue homogenate. A unit of SRM 1946 consists of five bottles, each containing approximately 7 g to 9 g (wet basis) of frozen tissue homogenate. This data is public in the Certificate of Analysis for this material.

SRM 1947 Lake Michigan Fish Tissue - This Standard Reference Material (SRM) is a frozen fish tissue homogenate that was prepared from fish collected from Lake Michigan, and is intended primarily for use in evaluating analytical methods for the determination of selected trace elements, methylmercury, total mercury, polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners, chlorinated pesticides, polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) congeners, perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs), proximates, ?-hexabromocyclododecane (?-HBCD), caloric content, and fatty acids in fish tissue and similar matrices. All of the constituents for which certified, reference, and information mass fraction values are provided are naturally present in the fish tissue homogenate. A unit of SRM 1947 consists of five bottles, each containing approximately 8 g (wet basis) of frozen tissue homogenate. This data is public in the Certificate of Analysis for this material.

State and local county health departments have detected per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in groundwater downgradient of airports and military and firefighting training areas in Long Island, New York. However, the occurrence and spatial distribution of PFAS throughout the surficial aquifer is not well established. Shallow groundwater samples were collected in 2018 from two observation well networks; the Sentinel network and Wastewater Treatment Plant groundwater (WTPGW) network. The Sentinel network is an island-wide group of wells screened within the shallow upper glacial (surficial, <100 feet deep) aquifer, which were sampled to assess the occurrence of PFAS in different land-use settings. The WTPGW network consisted of shallow (<60 feet deep) wells located downgradient of decentralized wastewater treatment systems discharging to groundwater, which were sampled to determine if these systems are a source of PFAS to groundwater. Each sample was analyzed for 18 PFAS compounds. This sample collection documents the first Long Island-wide assessment for ambient PFAS contamination within the shallow aquifer system. An extensive quality-assurance and quality-control program developed specifically for the expected low level (<200 nanograms per liter [ng/L]) PFAS environmental concentrations within the groundwater networks revealed no detections of the 18 PFAS compounds analyzed. This indicates that selected equipment, cleaning, sampling, and handling procedures are sufficient to provide data that reflects environmental conditions. Twenty-six of the 37 wells sampled in the Sentinel network had one or more PFAS compounds detected, and up to 8 compounds were detected in a single sample. Ten PFAS compounds have been detected in these samples, with individual compound concentrations ranging from 3.4 to 93 ng/L. Land-use settings for these sample sites varied between medium- and high-density residential and mixed-use commercial properties. Seven monitoring wells surrounding leach fields from three different decentralized wastewater treatment systems (WTPGW network) found four or more PFAS in each groundwater sample. Twelve PFAS compounds have been detected in these samples, with individual compound concentrations ranging from 5 to 620 ng/L. The greatest variety of PFAS was detected at the site that served an assisted living and rehabilitation facility and a hotel while the highest PFAS concentrations were detected at the site that served a strip mall (commercial property).

SRM 3672 Organic Contaminants in Smokers' Urine (Frozen) - This Standard Reference Material (SRM) is intended for use in evaluating analytical methods for the determination of selected hydroxylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (hydroxylated PAHs) and phthalate, phenol, and volatile organic compound (VOC) metabolites in urine. All of the constituents for which certified and reference values are provided are naturally present in the urine. This data is public in the Certificate of Analysis for this material.

SRM 3672 Organic Contaminants in Smokers' Urine (Frozen) - This Standard Reference Material (SRM) is intended for use in evaluating analytical methods for the determination of selected hydroxylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (hydroxylated PAHs) and phthalate, phenol, and volatile organic compound (VOC) metabolites in urine. All of the constituents for which certified and reference values are provided are naturally present in the urine. This data is public in the Certificate of Analysis for this material.