NYC CAN BREATHE EASIER

INDOOR AIR QUALITY TESTING LABORATORY AWARDED FIRST AIHA EMLAP ACCREDITATION IN NEW YORK CITY

New York, NY, (PRWEB) October 11, 2003 -

EMSL Analytical, the largest indoor air quality testing laboratory in the nation, announced today its New York City laboratory has received AIHA EMLAP Accreditation. The accreditation of the NYC facility also marks EMSL as the exclusive laboratory to currently operate four AIHA EMLAP Accredited laboratories in multiple states.

"The EMLAP accreditation of our NYC laboratory allows local indoor air quality professionals, environmental consultants, building inspectors, restoration firms, property managers and environmental attorneys access to the largest network of laboratories in the nation," states Joe Frasca, the Director of Marketing for EMSL. “With the NYC facility being AIHA EMLAP, EMSL is expressing its commitment in producing the highest quality indoor air quality analyses in the industry”.

When a laboratory is EMLAP Accredited by AIHA, its clients have assurance that the laboratory has met a defined set of performance standards, including personnel qualifications, proficiency under the Environmental Microbiology Proficiency Analytical Testing program, facilities, quality assurance, records, analytical methods, and laboratory operation procedures (SOPs). Additionally, AIHA accreditation insures that the laboratory is compliant with ISO 17025 policies and procedures.

EMSL recently announced the expansion of its southern Florida facility allowing the company to expand its indoor air quality, microbial, and asbestos analytical services, and the recent AIHA EMLAP Accreditation of its Houston, Texas facility for fungal and bacterial analyses and its Ann Arbor, MI facility for fungal analyses.

EMSL Analytical operates 22 laboratories throughout the Nation with full-service analytical services including mold, bacteria, asbestos, lead, indoor allergens, mycotoxins, endotoxins, DNA based polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing, indoor air quality, industrial hygiene, environmental chemistry, forensic, failure, materials, and mechanical testing services. In addition to laboratory testing services, the firm provides mold management seminars, free IAQ seminars and free sampling workshops at various locations throughout the country.

EMSL Analytical currently holds accreditations with the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), the AIHA Environmental Microbiology Laboratory Accreditation Program (EMLAP), the AIHA Environmental Lead Laboratory Accreditation Program (ELLAP), the AIHA Industrial Hygiene Laboratory Accreditation Program (IHLAP), the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP), the New York Department of Health (NYDOH) and various other state, federal and private accreditations. The labs are also successful participants in AIHA's Proficiency Analytical Testing (PAT), Environmental Lead Proficiency Analytical Testing (ELPAT), and the Environmental Mold Proficiency Analytical Testing (EMPAT) programs. It maintains a rigorous in-house QA/QC program to ensure our clients are receiving the most accurate and legally defensible results possible.

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Further information can be found on the company’s web site http://www.EMSL.com, or you may contact them toll free at: 1-800-220-3675.