Accreditations
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EMS
Laboratories, Inc.
INDUSTRIAL
HYGIENE ANALYSIS
ASBESTOS
AND LEAD ANALYSIS LABORATORY
AIR
ELUTRIATOR -
SUPERFUND METHOD
FOR ASBESTOS RELEASE IN SOILS
ENVIRONMENTAL
AND HAZARDOUS WASTE ANALYSIS
PARTICLE
ANALYSIS
TRACE
METAL ANALYSIS
ORGANICS
AND INORGANICS
ENVIRONMENTAL
MICROBIOLOGY
OPTICAL
MINERALOGY
Accreditions
and Certifications
- American
Industrial Hygiene Association for All Analytes, Organic and Inorganic.
Participant in EMPAT Program (101634)
- American
Industrial Hygiene Association, Lead Analysis (101634)
- EPA's
NLLAP for lead
- State
of California Department of Health Services Environmental Testing
Laboratory (ELAP 1119)
- NVLAP
Asbestos Bulk Sample Analysis - PLM (101218)
- NVLAP
Airborne Asbestos Analysis - TEM (101218)
- Certified:
Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts (10120)
- EMS
is
a certified, woman-owned, small business
... 37
years
of excellence in analysis
1968 materials
characterization by
transmission electron microscopy and diffraction for electronic,
computer industries
1975
material
characterization by scanning electron microscopy and x-ray diffraction
for aerospace, heavy machinery, defense industries
1978
first asbestos
contract with U.S.
EPA for effluent analysis by transmission electron microscopy
1979
PLM and PCM are added for asbestos
analysis and fiber counting - EPA contracts
1981
EPA guidelines - EMS' inspection of
schools for asbestos containing materials and analysis. EMS' reports
reviewed by EPA
1982
the chemistry department is
established to perform other industrial hygiene and environmental
analysis
1986
AIHA accredited for all analytes
1989
accredited by U. S.
Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
through National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditions Program (NVLAP) for
bulk asbestos by PLM
1990
accredited through NVLAP for
airborne asbestos fiber analysis by TEM
1991
accredited by California Dept. of Health Services
ELAP
1992
Health Effects Institute Asbestos
Research study mandated by Congress contract award
1992
EPA contract for construction of a
dust generator and air elutriator for simulating asbestos fiber release
- Superfund Method, resulting in EPA 540-R-97-028
1994
EPA's NLLAP accreditation for lead;
enrolled in and proficient throughout the AIHA ELPAT program
1998
environmental microbiology AIHA's
EMPAT program
1999
to present contracts for simulating asbestos
fiber release using the elutriator in areas with known asbestos
deposits. Analysis by modified TEM ISO method.
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