What are the Tech Trends in Environmental Testing that You Should Keep an Eye on?

Environmental testing has evolved significantly in the last decade, resulting in the need for laboratories to adapt to these changes. Labs must perform a wide range of analytical tests on samples from the environment, including air, water, soil, and wastes (liquids, solids, or sludges).

Fremont, CA: During the last decade, environmental testing has evolved significantly, resulting in the need for laboratories to adapt to the shift. An extensive range of analytical tests must be performed by laboratories on environmental samples, including air, water, soil, and wastes (liquids, solids, or sludges). Additionally, laboratories have not been spared the economic upheavals caused by the global recession prompted by the pandemic. With the consolidation of the market and the decrease in profitability, this has occurred.

Major trends that are expected to pick up momentum over the years can be given as

Automation of laboratory processes

Environmental laboratories are expected to have a major form of automation takeover during the upcoming decade, and so they are facing a huge depletion of skilled and competent staff to address their requirements. The demand for the growth of environmental testing is growing at an exponential rate due to the diversity it offers in the testing and sampling of materials. The need for automation services to be placed has outgrown due to the large set of legal regulations and compliance set on the working process by various local and regulating bodies. The generation of the huge volume of data from the test conducted can be overwhelming to be managed by the authorities and can be taken into proper utilization by the use of subsequent automation facilities.

Automation of the workflow ensures the safeguarding of data integrity and the elimination of manual data errors as well.

Cloud computing

 Labs must perform a wide range of analytical tests on samples from the environment, including air, water, soil, and wastes (liquids, solids, or sludges). As a result of the global recession triggered by the pandemic, laboratories have not been spared the economic turbulence. The market has been consolidating, and profitability has decreased due to the decline in profitability.

Artificial intelligence and machine learning

Using artificial intelligence, computers are capable of thinking and executing actions without human intervention. In environmental testing laboratories, AI and machine learning can be used to improve experimental design, analyze multiple test results quickly, and make data-driven decisions that would otherwise take days to make. In laboratories, artificial intelligence reduces human error and increases productivity in the same way as automation. According to Environmental Business International (EBI), over 50% of environmental laboratories plan to invest in artificial intelligence.