indoor air microbiology News
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EMSL Raleigh, NC Laboratory Receives A2LA Accreditation for Food Microbiology Testing
EMSL Analytical, a leading provider of advanced environmental laboratory services, announced today that their Raleigh, NC laboratory has been accredited by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) for food microbiology testing. The company is busy expanding its food testing services to locations across the country to satisfy demand. “EMSL Analytical is pleased to ...
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EMSL Analytical First to Announce Nation’s Largest Open House and Laboratory Tour
EMSL Analytical, Inc. is pleased to become the first lab to announce the nation’s largest Open House and Laboratory Tour. The leading testing laboratory will open its doors to clients with snacks and refreshments at all of their North America locations throughout the United States and Canada. In addition, EMSL will show attendees what mold and asbestos looks like under a microscope so that ...
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Louisiana Mold and Lead Testing Laboratory Receives A2LA Accreditation
EMSL Analytical, a leading provider of advanced environmental laboratory services, has recently announced that their Baton Rouge laboratory has been accredited by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) for mold and lead testing. The news has already spread quickly with indoor air quality and environmental professionals who previously had limited choices for their analysis ...
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Formaldehyde Banned from Children’s Products in Minnesota
State representatives in Minnesota have voted to ban formaldehyde, a cancer causing chemical, from children’s personal care products in an effort to protect children from toxic chemicals. The ban was approved after a 113-13 vote on Friday. This ban will prohibit companies from intentionally using formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasing preservatives in products intended for children under ...
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EMSL Receives Registration Maintenance Points for Canada Workshop
EMSL Analytical is proud to announce that our Advanced Fungal and Data Interpretation workshop has been awarded Registration Maintenance (RM) Points by the Canadian Registration Board of Occupational Hygienists (CRBOH). The CRBOH sets standards for professional competence for occupational hygienists and occupational hygiene technologists. According to the CRBOH, RM points represent attainment ...
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Formaldehyde to be Removed from All Johnson and Johnson Products
According to The New York Times, Johnson and Johnson has voluntarily decided to remove potentially harmful chemicals, including formaldehyde and 1,4 dioxane, from all of their personal care products by the end of 2015. Upon this announcement, Johnson and Johnson has become the first major personal care product company to make this extensive commitment. Previously, the company stated that they ...
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EMSL Receives New Continuing Education Credits in California
EMSL Analytical has been approved as a registered provider for continuing education for Indoor Air Quality and Industrial Hygiene sampling workshops. This approval has been issued by the National Environmental Health Association, NEHA, for 6.5 continuing education credits for the California Department of Public Health Registered Environmental Health Specialists. EMSL hosts numerous Indoor Air ...
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Diesel Fumes May be More Polluting than Gasoline
During a recent study conducted in California, researchers took air samples from California’s San Joaquin Valley and an Oakland traffic tunnel and performed a chemical analysis. The results indicated that diesel fuel emissions are actually more polluting than many perceive, according to the LA Times. The study specifically focused on the pollutant known as secondary organic aerosol (SOA), ...
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Asbestos Analysis Laboratory Celebrates 30th Anniversary
EMSL Analytical, Inc., the world's leading asbestos testing laboratory is celebrating its 30th year of providing quality asbestos laboratory results to asbestos and environmental professionals worldwide. Opening in 1981 in Camden, NJ, in a small storefront building on Market Street, EMSL has now grown to over 39 locations throughout the United States and Canada. In addition to asbestos ...
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Slag Containing Arsenic, Mercury, and Lead Contaminates Columbia River
According to the Huffington Post, Teck Resources Ltd. has admitted that discharge from their smelter has polluted the Columbia River across the U.S. and Canada border for 100 years, from 1896 to 1995. The Columbia River is contaminated with slag containing arsenic, mercury, lead, and other metals left over after the company processed zinc at its smelter located near the river. Teck ...
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EMSL Turns To Sun To Help Power Corporate Laboratory
EMSL Corporate Lab Turns To Sun For Electricity PRLog (Press Release) – Aug 01, 2011 – EMSL has just activated a 526.080 Kilowatt photovoltaic solar panel installation consisting of a total of 1,320 modules. The system is located on the roof of the corporate laboratory of EMSL and also the adjoining Pep Boys Plaza commercial center, by doing this green project EMSL is reinforcing ...
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EMSL DNA Testing Lab Helps Solve Mysteries
The DNA Analysis Laboratory at EMSL Analytical, Inc. has undertaken a number of special projects or developed customer-tailored tests to support their investigations. The areas involved include food safety and contaminants in food, environmental safety and exposure concerns; such as identification of rodent droppings, and legal investigations for example Salmonella in peanut butter, blood stain ...
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EMSL Analytical’s St. Louis Laboratory Receives A2LA Accreditation for Food Testing
EMSL Analytical, a leading provider of testing services nationwide, announced today that their St. Louis, MO food testing laboratory has received an accreditation, certified to the ISO 17025:2005 / AOAC standard, from the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA). The news has already spread quickly within the food industry, who previously had limited choices for accredited ...
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New Technology Could Lead to Dramatic Advances in Superfund Cleanups of Rivers
There have been many technological advances since the Superfund program was established, reports the New York Times, and many believe these advances will greatly improve the program’s chances of success when dealing with contaminated rivers. In the past, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) avoided cleaning up polluted waterways, because the process was too expensive, difficult, and ...
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Histoplasmosis Outbreak at Nebraska Camp
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported a histoplasmosis outbreak that has infected counselors and attendees at a day camp in Nebraska. Following the outbreak, camp counselors were instructed to complete a questionnaire revealing information including activities on the campsite, campsite assignments, and their symptoms. Parents of camp attendees were given an ...
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Formaldehyde Exposure from Temporary Housing Costs Manufacturers $42.6 million
According to NBC News, a federal judge inNew Orleans has approved a class-action lawsuit’s settlement of $42.6 million for residents of temporary housing units that were distributed to Hurricane Katrina victims and emitted hazardous levels of formaldehyde. Residents began experiencing various health effects, such as headaches, nosebleeds, and difficulty breathing, while living in the ...
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Radioactive Rice Found in Japan
After finding elevated levels of radiation in rice crops near Fukushima’s damaged nuclear power plant, government officials ordered more tests on September 24, 2011. This finding is particularly worrisome, because rice accounts for such a significant portion of the Japanese diet. Preliminary tests on rice paddies in the city of Nihonmatsu, about 35 miles from the Fukushima plant, ...
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Mold, Sewage Contamination, and Carbon Monoxide Pose Threat to Hurricane Sandy Victims
According to ABC News, Hurricane Sandy victims may still face health risks although it has been over two weeks since the storm has passed. One major threat is mold. An estimated ten to twenty percent of the population is allergic to mold. However, even those who are not allergic are still at risk because mold spores typically irritate airways causing respiratory symptoms, asthma, and headaches. ...
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Pollution and Debris Threaten East Coast Waters after Hurricane Sandy
As Hurricane Sandy’s flood waters flow out to the coast, oil, pesticides, PCBs, and other dangerous chemicals will attach to sediment from streets, fields, lawns, and forests, and be carried out to open water, according to Yahoo News. New York City officials are referring to the water supply as “toxic soup”, urging people to stay away from affected areas-especially areas like ...
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Dangerous Chemicals Emitted by Texas Oil and Gas Refinery
Large amounts of pollutants were accidentally emitted from an oil and gas refinery near Houston, Texas. On Tuesday, officials reported a leak in a heat exchanger tube. As a result, the company shut down one flexicoking unit used to separate heavy oils into fuels. The Texas Commission of Environmental Quality has reported that the shutdown caused a release of carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, ...
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