Investigative Environmental Sciences

NewFields Investigative Environmental Sciences offers unique strategies to assess the causative agents in complex freshwater, marine and terrestrial resource evaluations. Realizing that contaminants alone may not explain toxicity levels, NewFields goes well beyond traditional contaminant profiling. By also focusing on Contributing Factors, the NewFields approach encompasses the dynamic interaction of natural chemical, geophysical and biological processes. The application of this approach allows precise environmental assessment and precludes the costs of unnecessary assessments and unwarranted remedial actions. As a result, clients may benefit from cost-effective resolution of both problem contaminants and areas of impact.

Utilizing NewFields' Port Gamble Environmental Laboratories, which specializes in biological testing, NewFields Investigative Environmental Sciences can offer extensive capabilities. Beyond soil and sediment testing, we can provide water effect ratios at specific sites, bioaccumulation studies, toxicity identification evaluations, and bioassay testing.

On the frontiers of scientific innovation, NewFields scientists are active in developing a mycoremediation technology (using fungal mycelia) that can break down complex ring-structured contaminants, including DDT, PCBs, organophosphates and bacteria, over shorter time periods.