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. 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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