Vanadium

Occupational exposure in petroleum refining, steel and alloy manufacturing, and power generation from heavy fuel oil combustion represents the primary source of vanadium, a transition-metal trace element with respiratory and systemic toxicity as the main health concerns. Laboratory testing applications include occupational exposure monitoring for workers in oil refineries, vanadium processing facilities, and steel manufacturing plants, environmental exposure assessment in communities near industrial sources, biomonitoring studies evaluating vanadium body burden, and clinical toxicology assessments in cases of suspected vanadium poisoning. UTAK’s Urine Metals panels contain vanadium in lyophilized urine matrix at high and normal concentration levels, supporting ICP-MS methods used in occupational health surveillance, environmental toxicology, and clinical laboratory programs. Stock and custom QC solutions can incorporate related trace elements such as chromium, nickel, manganese, molybdenum, and other metals to address your laboratory’s comprehensive occupational exposure and environmental toxicology testing requirements.