Mercury Laboratory Proficiency Testing

Implementing the Minamata Convention on Mercury requires capacity building on appropriate mercury monitoring and health impact studies.
Therefore, to further establish the accuracy of the analysis results of the laboratories of the parties, NIMD is conducting a mercury analysis proficiency testing jointly with United Nations Environment Programme Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific（UNEP ROAP）.

Objective

・The PT aims to evaluate the mercury analyses conducted by the laboratories.
　It provides the region's individual proficiency levels and collective mercury monitoring capacity.
　

Target

・Public laboratories and laboratories in universities that undertake mercury analysis (or will undertake it shortly) for monitoring, survey, or research purposes are welcome to participate in the proficiency testing.
　

Outline and schedule

	1st Round	2nd Round
Type of test item	human hair	biota
Target parameter	Total mercury	Total mercury and/or methylmercury
Criteria	detection limit: <0.1mg/kg on 10mg sample	detection limit: <0.1mg/kg on 10mg sample
Participation fee	free	free
Call for participation	August – December 2021	September – November 2022
Test item distribution	February – March 2022	January 2023
Duration of the test	Until 8 April 2022
Preliminary report	August 2022
Final report	September 2022

What’ new

	2022　October
	・Release of the 1st Round Mercury Laboratory Proficiency Testing Report –Asia and the Pacific

	2022　September
	・Invitation to participate in the 2nd PT Laboratories interested in the PT can express their interest via E-mail to warm@rrcap.ait.ac.th.

	2022　August
	・【closed】ICMGP workshop Proficiency test results were shared at a workshop at the 15th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant

	2022　July
	・Proficiency test results were shared at a Minamata online （Strengthening mercury research capacity in developing countries for science-based policy making - YouTube）

	2021　September
	・【closed】Invitation to participate in the 1st PT