Paradigm Environmental Services, Inc. services

Paradigm has highly qualified analysts in multiple lab locations, with an array of dedicated Polarized Light Microscopes (PLM) and Transmission Electron Microscopes (TEM). With our ELAP and NVLAP certifications we are prepared to address your requirements for any size project in any facility type. Our laboratories operate on multiple shifts and on weekends, to ensure your turnaround needs are met.

Our laboratories perform a full range of EPA, OSHA and ELAP procedures to address any analytical program need you have. We have multiple PCM scopes and a team of trained analysts in our laboratories, ensuring rapid turnaround, on any schedule you may need for your project. With unmatched TEM capacity, we can handle specialty projects, and all K-12 school projects, with confidence.  Our project management staff will actively coordinate schedules between owners, abatement contractors, GC’s and all other parties to ensure a trouble free process. They also are actively engaged in the post analysis data communication process, to ensure that everyone who needs to receive data does so in a timely fashion. And finally, our experienced staff can help with data interpretation, and regulatory compliance with NYSDOL Code Rule 56 or other contract specifications.

Although federal regulation of water pollution dates back to 1948, effective management was not achieved until passage of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972. This established the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program, which regulates discharges to waters of the United States. This program encompasses direct dischargers, those that discharge indirectly through municipal collection systems, and stormwater runoff.

Petroleum and related products have been refined, stored, and shipped in huge quantities for over one hundred years. For much of that time regulations were either lax or non-existent, and spills and leaks were common. It is only during the last 20 years that we have begun to address the large backlog of petroleum contaminated sites. In New York State we have a well-developed Spill Response Program maintained by the NYSDEC. The DEC also provides technical guidance concerning remediation of petroleum spill sites, including excavation of contaminated soils.

At Paradigm we offer laboratory analysis of paint chips, dust wipes, soils, and drinking waters. This testing is often used to supplement the information gathered during an XRF survey. Paint chips can be used as an alternative to XRF, and are often used to verify XRF readings. Wipe samples are used to assess lead-contaminated dust prior to and following renovation activities. Analysis of soils and water supply provide information on additional sources of lead exposure. In each case samples are carefully analyzed using state-of-the-art ICP technology and EPA specified methods, yielding data of the highest quality. As with all of our analytical services, results can be obtained in as little as 24 hours.