The National Institute for Minamata Disease (NIMD), in collaboration with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), is organizing laboratory proficiency testing (PT) for assessing the analytical capacity for mercury. The PT provides the individual proficiency levels of participating laboratories as well as collective mercury monitoring capacity in the region. UNEP is supporting this activity via the Japan-funded regional project in Asia and the Pacific.
The 4rd round PT, 2024-25 cycle, is now open and calls for participation.
The target media for the 4th round PT is urine (total mercury).
Public laboratories, NGOs, and laboratories in universities that undertake mercury for monitoring, survey, or research purposes are welcomed to participate in the proficiency testing. If you are interested, please register online.
