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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has had a major quality-assurance role in the federal effort to reduce lead poisoning of children in the United States through its mission of ensuring the accuracy of chemical measurements. NIST certifies reference materials (standard reference materials – SRMs) that are used to benchmark measurements by secondary and field methods of analysis – to ensure that decisions of great health and economic impact are soundly based on good measurement science. Over the past 10 years, in cooperation with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the United States Geological Survey (USGS), NIST has prepared and certified SRMs for lead content in soil, indoor dust, and paint. The role of these materials in meeting regulatory and abatement needs is described and their certified values are summarized.
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Received: 22 December 2000 / Revised: 24 March 2001 / Accepted: 31 March 2001
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Fassett, J., MacDonald, B. The development and certification of Standard Reference Materials® (SRMs) to assess and ensure accurate measurement of Pb in the environment. Fresenius J Anal Chem 370, 838–842 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002160100876
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002160100876