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jjcreedon "So, an EPA rep is using a reporters comment as a fact? Is the community involved at all? " | Read more » over 3 years ago
jjcreedon "EPA enforcement in Tonawanda was a direct outcome of the Obama administration. I would suspect that there has been very little (or none?) since the..." | Read more » over 3 years ago
jjcreedon "Id also like to add, before conducting more sampling and testing, its important to reflect on the reason for your concern. Do you want to grow a ga..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
jjcreedon "Here's a portable GC, but has a TCD detector.. not the same. https://www.agilent.com/cs/library/brochures/5991-6041EN.pdf No GC/MS portable unit. I..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
jjcreedon "Katie- Just received your email. will respond there about Tonawanda Coke. re: the GC/MS its a standard EPA method. There is a special apparatus tha..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
jjcreedon "Here's our success story using "The Bucket" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUuEFy5GwYY " | Read more » almost 4 years ago
jjcreedon "Just want to make sure it’s an EPA approved lab.. that’s all. We have partnered w ALS .. cause of this plus they’re very well known nationally " | Read more » over 4 years ago
jjcreedon "I think it’s great your working with a community gathering data. Ultimately, it’s up to the community to decide what they want to do w the data- I ..." | Read more » over 4 years ago
jjcreedon "agreed, however it's important for community folks to partner with a trustworthy scientist to make sure that they are collecting meaningful data- t..." | Read more » over 4 years ago
jjcreedon "Id love to hear of how the "hound" data has been used effectively in communities. After the data was collected, what did they do with it...Are ther..." | Read more » over 4 years ago
jjcreedon "This is really interesting information. a few questions: 1- love the schematic of the lead concentrations in various food crops. What levels are co..." | Read more » over 4 years ago
jjcreedon "Hi Liz, We are getting very good feedback. To get the kit ready to market, it appears we only have a few tweaks (manual, etc.). The biggest issue i..." | Read more » over 4 years ago
jjcreedon "PAH's and heavy metals (lead, mercury, arsenic, etc.). " | Read more » over 4 years ago
jjcreedon "good job on this article, very thorough. One other resource that can be helpful is EPA's TRI https://www.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program " | Read more » over 4 years ago
jjcreedon "The Hanby test kit and others (yes, there are other portable units) should only be used for screening purposes, per EPA. Nothing can be comparable..." | Read more » over 4 years ago
jjcreedon " Yes, agreed. I was just thinking about this yesterday. There most def is a cost barrier associated with soil testing. Thats why if a community gro..." | Read more » about 5 years ago
jjcreedon " XRF analyzers are expensive to purchase; however , most companies that sell them will also rent instruments. This is a great option for large proj..." | Read more » about 5 years ago
jjcreedon " @dusjagr Hi, my name Jackie (from Tonawanda, NY). I checked out your work, very cool! We have done quite a lot of work using citizen science (in p..." | Read more » over 5 years ago
jjcreedon " @roberts_ecofarm thanks for the question... you can check out this application note with info to answer your question. https://publiclab.org/notes..." | Read more » over 5 years ago
jjcreedon "@imvec, thanks for the input. Have you written a research note yet on your slime/sludge tool kit? " | Read more » almost 6 years ago
jjcreedon "Gilebert, this is great info. Thank you. btw- Toawanda Coke is not appealing . the fine monies have already been distributed. " | Read more » over 6 years ago
jjcreedon "no requirement from lawsuit, just best practices, thx " | Read more » over 6 years ago
jjcreedon "Thanks Nick. I'll have to think about that avenue. You are correct, there's so much more I can do here, but I could also alienate them (UB was dire..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
jjcreedon "We had our meeting yesterday. It appears that UB management was trying to claim that their policy's (in this case conflict of interest with me bein..." | Read more » over 6 years ago