Institute of
Contaminant StandardsTECRID

01 / NETWORK

The contaminant portfolio

One institution.
Separate public faces.

Every contaminant receives its own literature index and its own certification program. ICS governs the shared architecture while the evidence, thresholds, and operating records remain in the data class where they belong.

THE REPEATABLE MODEL
Independent indexCertification programICS governance

01 / HM

Operational

Heavy metals

The active program covers an eight-total laboratory panel, core iAs and Cr-VI species controls, and MeHg wherever a credible methylation pathway makes it material.

LITERATURE INDEX

Heavy Metal Index

Independent literature and regulatory evidence

heavymetalindex.com ↗
CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

Heavy Metal Tested & Certified

Certification standard, program, and applications

heavymetalcertified.com ↗

02 / MP

In development

Microplastics

A contaminant standard for microplastics using the same structural model: an independent literature index and a separate certification authority under common governance.

LITERATURE INDEX

Microplastics Index

Literature index in development

microplasticsindex.com ↗
CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

Microplastics Tested

Certification program in development

microplasticstested.com ↗

03 / PF

In development

Forever chemicals (PFAS)

A PFAS evidence and conformity system, designed as separate public properties with the same data-class firewall and common institutional rules.

LITERATURE INDEX

Forever Chemicals Index

Literature index in development

foreverchemicalsindex.com ↗
CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

Forever Chemicals Tested

Certification destination reserved; not yet live

foreverchemicalstested.com

SHARED INSTITUTION

Central authority without a central data pool.

ICS supplies common governance and, as the network grows, common verification infrastructure. Applications remain with the active program while there is only one operational certification pathway.

Operational

TECRID Registry

TECRID stands for Test Evidence Credential Record Identifier. Each identifier resolves a versioned laboratory evidence record with visible provenance and structured, machine-readable findings.

What is a TECRID? ↗
Program-routed

Applications

With one active program, applications belong on the Heavy Metal Tested & Certified site rather than behind a redundant ICS portal.

Go to the active program ↗

THE INSTITUTIONAL RULE

The network can grow.
The firewall does not move.

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