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CRMP’s original objective was to develop methodology and produce certified reference materials (CRMs) and standards for environmental monitoring. Marine sediment CRMs and calibration solutions useful in the analysis of PAHs, PCBs and trace elements were produced. In 1989 the CRMP group at IMB expanded its product line to include CRMs for marine toxin with the release of calibration solution and mussel tissue CRMs for domoic acid, the toxin responsible for incidents of amnesic shellfish poisoning (ASP) in humans, birds and sea mammals. This product line developed rapidly and CRMP now has 18 unique marine toxin CRMs. CRMP also expanded its product line to include CRMs for toxins produced by freshwater cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) and a CRM for cylindrospermopsin was released in 2006. Several new CRMs for various marine toxins responsible for illnesses such as diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP), paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) and azaspiracid shellfish poisoning (AZA) are currently in preparation as well as CRMS for microcystins.
Environmental CRMs are no longer available. CRMP, at the Institute for Marine Biosciences (IMB), is part of the biotoxins research program. IMB has expertise in phytoplankton biology, microscopy, analytical chemistry, mass spectrometry, NMR, natural products chemistry, biochemistry and genomics. This multi-disciplinary expertise enables CRMP to offer a product line that few organizations can match. The primary goal of CRMP is to help analysts generate quality analytical measurements. Analysts and researchers working in the areas of seafood safety, seafood quality, water quality and water safety use these unique CRMs. These CRMs are also ideal for studies of harmful algal blooms, where detailed analyses are required. They are also invaluable tools for instrument calibration, results confirmation and analytical method validation.
