Milford-based Waters Corp. has entered into a contract with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop a way to detect trace amounts of industrial chemicals.
The contract is with the EPA’s National Exposure Research Laboratory.
Waters will come up with analytical methods for detecting perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in soil and water. Over the next three years, the government hopes to have methods for sample collection, storage, extraction, clean-up and analysis for trace levels of PFCs.
PFCs are synthetic chemicals used in the paper, packaging, and textiles manufacturing industries.
