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The US EPA sets safety standards and methods to ensure that water, air, and soils are safe from hazardous contaminants
 
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EPA Method 200.7: 
Determination of Metals and Trace Elements in Water and Wastes by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry
Sets the detection limit (MDL) for 31 different elements, along with preferred wavelengths, and calibration and quality control standards.
EPA Method ILM03.0: 
Inorganic Analysis, Multi-Media, Multi-Concentration, EPA Contract Lab Program (CLP) ILM03.0
U.S. EPA, 1992. Contract Laboratory Program Statement of Work for Inorganic Analysis, Multi-Media, Multi-Concentration, Version ILM03.0
EPA Method ILM04.0: 

Inorganic Analysis, Multi-Media, Multi-Concentration, EPA Contract Lab Program (CLP) ILM04.0
U.S. EPA, 1995. Contract Laboratory Program Statement of Work for Inorganic Analysis, Multi-Media, Multi-Concentration, Version ILM04.0.
EPA Method ILM05.2 & 5.3: 

Inorganic Analysis (Metals, Including Mercury and Cyanide), Multi-Media, Multi-Concentration by ICP-AES, ICP-MS, CVAA, and colorimetry. Includes percent solids. EPA Contact Lab Program (CLP), ILM05.3

EPA Contract Laboratory Program (CLP) defines the analytical methods accepted for the isolation, detection and quantitative measurement of 23 target analytes (including mercury) and cyanide in both water and soil/sediment environmental samples. Data from the Statement of Work (SOW) for Multi Media, Multi Concentration Inorganic Analysis (ILM05.3) is used to define the nature and extent of contamination, and determine appropriate cleanup actions, emergency response actions and enforcement/litigation activities

EPA Method 200.8: 
Determination of Trace Elements in Waters and Wastes by Inductively Coupled Plasma - Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)
EPA method for the analysis of 21 trace metal elements in drinking, surface, and ground waters, and solid waste samples.
EPA Method 6020: 
Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is applicable to the determination of sub-μg/L concentrations of a large number of elements in water samples and in waste extracts or digests
EPA Method has been applied to the determination of over 60 elements in various matrices for which EPA has demonstrated the acceptability of this method in a multi- laboratory study on solid and aqueous wastes