Accreditations
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EMS Laboratories, Inc.
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE ANALYSIS
ASBESTOS AND LEAD ANALYSIS
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
Accreditations
and Certifications
American Industrial Hygiene
Association for All Analytes, Organic and Inorganic, and Environmental Microbiology
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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