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We desire good health and a safe environment for the next generation
Drinking Water Tests
The Water Quality Standards for tap water are regulated in accordance with Japan’s Tap Water Law. The standards cover a total of 50 items including Escherichia coli, trihalomethane and items related to water properties such as smell and taste.
In addition, there are 27 items that set targets for water quality management, 101 items that relate to all agricultural chemicals, and 40 items to be examined.
With increasing awareness about the safety of tap water, BML is engaged in examining drinking water with a high quality system.
Waste Water Tests
The quality of waste water is regulated by the Prevention of Water Pollution Act and minimum waste water standards are set. Municipal governments are likely to strengthen the standards. BML started waste water tests in December 1998 with a system that meets a variety of needs.
Work environment monitoring
In work sanitation management, the work environment, operations and employees’ health must be controlled. Work environment monitoring plays an important role in providing a basis for their management.
BML offers support for work sanitation management, including on-the-spot measurement of ethylene oxide gas, a specific chemical compound used for sterilization purposes; formaldehyde used in pathological laboratories; organic solvents such as xylene; and dust.
It also offer other kinds of environmental monitoring, such as the measurement of indoor contaminants (formaldehyde, toluene, xylene, etc.) that induce sick-house syndrome and other indoor environmental variables (temperature, humidity, dust, etc.).
Biological dioxin monitoring
Measuring blood dioxins is becoming increasingly important as a way of monitoring persons exposed to dioxins. BML has a clean room for analyzing trace substances and offers tests on blood or mother’s milk that utilize our laboratory testing technologies.
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