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Metrology in chemistry: Rapid developments in the global metrological infrastructure, the CIPM MRA and its economic and social impact

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Over the last decade, significant developments in metrology in chemistry have been observed, triggered by rapidly increasing demands by industry, trade, society, regulators, and accreditation bodies. Internal markets like the European Union, and trade agreements, like those agreed between the EU and the United States, Australia, Japan, and others will only really work when technical barriers to trade caused by non-harmonized measurement and testing systems and lack of international recognition of national measurement standards and certificates issued by the National Metrology Institutes have been taken away. Food safety test results and nutritional values, clinical and environmental measurements have to be comparable and reliable worldwide. Food products from all continents are traded year round on a global basis. Individuals are traveling everywhere. The environment and climate influences all of us.

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Kaarls, R. Metrology in chemistry: Rapid developments in the global metrological infrastructure, the CIPM MRA and its economic and social impact. Accred Qual Assur 11, 162–171 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-006-0104-1

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