Among the activities of our center ... for the cultural season in the nineteen seminar (19) Mr. Ahmed Safaa al-Taei gave a lecture entitled ((soil pollution with hydrocarbons)) on Monday, 21/5/2018 on the blue hall where his lecture summarized as follows:

Hydrocarbon in chemistry is any chemical compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen. These compounds consist of a series of carbon and hydrogen atoms that are related to that chain. The term hydrocarbons is often used as a abbreviation for hydrocarbon aliphatic, hydrocarbons can be found in the form of propane or liquid Benzene and hexane), candles and low-melting solids (naphthalene) or polymers.

 Soil contaminants can be divided into:

Organic pollutants
     Such as aromatic hydrocarbons, pesticides and petroleum products.

Inorganic pollutants
    A. Micro and toxic elements such as: (arsenic - cadmium - mercury) and others.

    B. Nitrogen.

    C. Radioisotopes.

Within the framework of the Center's activities in the field of quality and accreditation of laboratories, our center visited a team from the Iraqi Accreditation Authority as part of the annual follow-up plan on Sunday 21/10/2018 from 9 am to 4 pm. The team conducted the annual evaluation plan within the criteria of evaluation and reference documents:

ISO / IEC 17025: 2005 and the requirements of the Iraqi Accreditation System and the requirements for using the accreditation logo

* Quality documentation for laboratory, quality manual and laboratory procedures

The team visited the laboratories and supervised some of the tests that were conducted before the team and the audit of the administrative and technical quality documents with the quality manager and the laboratory officials and with the management of the center and concluded the visit with success and good evaluation. The team commended the efforts exerted in the administrative and technical work and the maintenance of work within the standard with the existence of some minor cases of non- Must be corrected within a maximum period of three months from the date of the visit.