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efshoemaker t1_j8n1vvn wrote

Reply to comment by lucianbelew in Maine will need weeks to determine impacts of Ohio train derailment on air quality by STDMachine

They did collect samples. They do that every 6 days year round per the article. But the samples take a few weeks to analyze.

So the quote is saying that if levels were elevated then it will show up in the monitoring samples from last week, but they won’t get the analysis results of those samples back until March.

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geneticswag t1_j8n69yb wrote

weird it takes weeks when there's probably tens of millions of dollars worth of spectroscopy equipment here between all the labs and pharma co's

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vikingenvy t1_j8nc19j wrote

It’s a little more complicated than just pressing a button on a random GCMS at Idexx.

Source: science education

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geneticswag t1_j8ncf41 wrote

I've been out of the lab for a decade now - I just know words that can get me into trouble ;)

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vikingenvy t1_j8nert7 wrote

Lol. Don’t tell me you were basing the decision of Maine’s armed response to Ohio on an unvalidated test method.

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geneticswag t1_j8nfkk3 wrote

more just suggesting we have a ton of equipment around to support running spectroscopy assays if it turned out that spectrophotometers and personnel were driving up the result times is all

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k_mainer t1_j8pgbem wrote

But not within 24 to 48 hours which is when we would have expected to see results from Ohio contamination.

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