Solutions for Research in Life Sciences

Agrochemical R&D Capabilities

Agrochemical R&D Capabilities

We are a One-Stop Shop CRO for your crop protection research needs.  We are a full GLP facility, inspected by US-EPA and NRC-NJDEP.

Consumer Safety:

  • Plant Metabolism with C-14 Test Substances
  • Confined Accumulation Studies on Rotational Crops with C-14 Test Substances
  • Animal Metabolism with C-14 Test Substances (i.e. rat, lactating goat, laying hens, cows and pigs)
  • Livestock Feeding Studies (i.e. cattle, pigs and poultry)
  • Radio Validation
  • Residue Analysis
  • Method Development/Adaptation
  • Method Validation/ILV
  • Storage Stability, MRL Calculation
  • Multi-Residue Method
  • Residue Field Trials with Radiolabeled Compounds (non-radiolabelled compounds through a partnering company)

Environmental Safety and Ecotoxicology:

  • Aerobic and Anaerobic Soil Metabolism
  • Aerobic and Anaerobic Aquatic Metabolism
  • Photodegradation in Water and Soil
  • Aqueous Hydrolysis
  • Adsorption/Desorption
  • Column Leaching and Aged Column Leaching
  • Field Dissipation
  • Soil Nitrification Test
  • Acute Fish Toxicity with Conventional and Microencapsulation Formulations
  • Non-Target Plant Toxicity
  • Daphnia Test

Risk Assesment:

  • Preparation of occupational and residential risk assessments and reports for new product registrations or for product label expansion for submission to U.S. EPA, Health Canada PMRA, and to Asia-Pacific and Latin American countries
  • Use of U.S. EPA Pesticide Handler Exposure Data (PHED), Agricultural Hander Exposure Data (AHED®), or proprietary data for occupational handler assessments
  • Use of Agricultural Reentry Task Force or proprietary data for occupational reentry worker risk assessments
  • Assistance in design, review, and conduct of human exposure studies requiring review by the EPA Human Studies Review Board

Formulation:

  • HPLC, GC, CE Method Development and Validation
  • Formulation Analysis
  • Product Chemistry (i.e., Physical/Chemical Characterization, Storage Stability Analysis, etc.)
  • Cross Contamination Determination
  • 5 Batch Analysis

Product Registration:

  • US Federal and State Registration Services