NAS operates aquatic toxicology laboratory facilities located on a 1.2-acre site adjacent to Yaquina Bay in Newport, Oregon, providing direct access to high quality seawater. 

The facilities include over 5000 ft2 of offices, wet and dry biological laboratories, refrigerated and frozen storage, and an analytical support laboratory equipped for GC/MS and other analyses.  Constant temperature rooms are equipped with photoperiod control, and can be set to achieve a temperature in the range of 12 to 25oC, ± 0.5oC. 

Our central Oregon Coast location is within driving distance of Portland International Airport as well as Eugene airport and Newport's own airport.  Overnight or same-day delivery of samples is available through several courier services or air services to one of these airports.  Saturday delivery is available through UPS.

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Using three species and six replicates per sediment, the laboratory can test in excess of 50 sediment samples simultaneously.