- Thousands of donated water test kits will help ensure safe drinking water
- €110,000 donated to help flood victims
BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA of Germany, has sent thousands of state-of-the-art water test kits to Thailand in an effort to ensure the safety of municipal drinking water following months of devastating flooding in that region. In addition to the product shipment, EMD Millipore’s parent company has donated more than €110,000 to assist flood victims.
“Safe drinking water is a basic human right,” said Robert Yates, Head of EMD Millipore. “When it became apparent that public drinking water might be impacted by the floods, we did not hesitate to send our test kits. It is our collective hope that in some small way EMD Millipore can help the people of Thailand recover from these devastating floods.”
EMD Millipore has shipped more than 10,000 test kit elements that will be distributed to various Thai organizations, including the National Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC), a member of the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA); the Ministry of Science and Technology; and the Samsen office of the Metropolitan Waterworks Authority. The test kits will be used to detect any evidence of contamination in the drinking water.
“The floods have carried dirt and potential contaminants into the raw water system, creating public concern about the safety of the water,” said Klaus Bischoff, Head of EMD Millipore’s Lab Solutions business unit. “The high-quality water analysis products we have donated will help the local authorities monitor the water quality and bring peace of mind to the community.”
In addition to the product donation, EMD Millipore’s parent company, Merck KGaA of Darmstadt Germany, has donated €110,000 to assist flood victims in the region. The donation is earmarked for flood evacuation efforts, as well as to provide temporary housing and filtered water to employees and the general public in the hardest hit areas of Thailand.
About EMD Millipore
EMD Millipore is the Life Science division of Merck KGaA of Germany and offers a broad range of innovative, performance products, services and business relationships that enable our customers' success in research, development and production of biotech and pharmaceutical drug therapies. Through dedicated collaboration on new scientific and engineering insights, and as one of the top three R&D investors in the Life Science Tools industry, EMD Millipore serves as a strategic partner to customers and helps advance the promise of life science.
Headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts, the division has around 10,000 employees, operations in 67 countries and 2010 revenues of $2.2 billion. EMD Millipore is known as Merck Millipore outside of the U.S. and Canada.
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