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MACS Lab, Inc. services
Asbestos Analysis
MACS Lab participates in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) Accreditation #101948 program, and has earned full accreditation for bulk and airborne asbestos analysis. (Accreditation by NVLAP is mandatory for all AHERA analysis.) Accreditation requires consistent, successful proficiency testing and full, on-site laboratory evaluation by NIST inspectors. The laboratory must maintain a fully-implemented quality control program.MACS Lab participates in the California Department of Health Services (DOHS) ELAP #2027 program and has earned full accreditation.Accreditation by ELAP is mandatory for all determination of hazardous waste analysis and for lead in drinking water and asbestos in water. We are accredited for lead and copper in drinking water. We also have a California Certification for Asbestos Analysis in bulk materials and asbestos in drinking water.
Lead Analysis
MACS Lab’s accreditations are your assurance that the lab follows prescribed procedures for analysis and quality assurance, so you know you are getting accurate results. Each laboratory site actually performing the analysis of lead in paint, soil, dust, and air must be separately accredited. Some big companies have many sites but not all of their sites are accredited. MACS Lab, Inc. invites you to visit the AIHA and A2LA web sites and see if your lab is there. If not we sincerely invite you to use our services and be confident that we will provide you with the highest quality analysis of your samples.
Testing Waste for Hazardous Metals
CAM stands for the California Administrative Manual, also known as the California Code of Regulations. CCR Title 22 section 66261.24 specifies the 17 metals that can qualify waste as hazardous. The analysis method is also known as EPA 6010B/7400. CAM-17 metals analysis does not differentiate between different valences of chromium, and does not test for Fluorine.MACS Lab uses an Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) atomic emission spectrometer to analyze CAM-17 samples.For the technically inclined, this article by Bradford and Cook has a great deal of information about ICP instruments.An ICP requires that the sample be extracted into a solution. Usually samples are extracted using ashing. TCLP and STLC extractions can be performed. Call for other extraction techniques that may be required in special circumstances.CAM-17 analysis is most often used for soil and water samples, but can also be used for other materials such as rocks, minerals, sediment, air, alloys, and plant and animal tissue.
