Meridian Bioscience

Welcome to our home on LinkedIn. Follow Meridian Bioscience for news & information pertaining to lead exposure – federal and state policy changes, regional concerns, latest research, consumer safety notices and more.Lead poisoning is not a thing of the past; it threatens millions of people, yet is entirely preventable. Over 500,000 U.S. children continue to be exposed to lead every year. Our LeadCare blood lead analyzers quickly, easily and accurately identify children, pregnant women and adults at risk of lead exposure.Meridian Bioscience is committed to providing high quality, reliable point-of-care systems and clinical laboratory instruments. It is our mission to educate clinicians, policy makers, payers, families and communities about the permanent health damage caused by lead, and how to detect and address lead risk and exposure.Using Anodic Stripping Voltammetry (ASV), the LeadCare platform has been used in clinical labs for almost two decades. Today, over 80% of laboratories performing blood lead testing use the Meridian Bioscience products: LeadCare II, LeadCare Plus, LeadCare Ultra.The company, formerly known as ESA Biosciences, Inc. was founded in 1968. In March 2016, Magellan Diagnostics was acquired by Meridian Bioscience, Inc., an established diagnostics and life science industry leader.