Description

Beacon Environmental can target a broad range of compounds using absorbent samplers to passively collect VOCs and SVOCs in ambient and indoor air following established ISO and ASTM methods, as well as other international protocols. Beacon’s quantitative, passive sorbent samplers do not require pumps or electricity and can be used to collect samples over a brief period of time (e.g., hours) to weeks (e.g., 7 to 30+ days), thereby providing a time-integrated concentration in units of ug/m3 or ppbv.

A broad range of VOCs and lighter SVOCs can be targeted using passive samplers and because the samplers can be exposed for extended time periods, low reporting limits in the sub-ppbv range are achieved. Passive samplers are analyzed by Beacon Environmental following EPA Method TO-17.

Benefits of Passive Samplers:

– Sample indoor air, ambient air, crawlspaces, soil gas, sewer gas
– Collect samples over hours, days, or weeks
– Provide longer duration time-weighted average concentrations
– Easy to use – no pumps or regulators required
– Target chlorinated and petroleum compounds
– Analysis by accredited EPA Method TO-17 (TD-GC/MS)
– Sensitive – detection limits in the ppt range
– DoD ELAP and NELAP accredited laboratory
– Analysis by EPA Method TO-17 (TD-GC/MS)
– Accurate and defensible
– 30 Day hold time
– Lightweight – easy to ship and transport
– Readily available

IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE USE OF PASSIVE SAMPLERS CAN REDUCE COSTS BY AS MUCH AS 50 PERCENT COMPARED TO TRADITIONAL SAMPLING.*

*Source: The NAS Jax Environmental Restoration (ER) Partnering Team Report, 2014.