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Identifying Indoor Environmental Quality Concerns in Portable Classrooms

EMSL Analytical offers testing services, air monitoring instruments and building inspection tools to help ensure the indoor environmental quality in classrooms, homes and offices.

Cinnaminson, NJ, April 2nd , 2020 Across the United States there are over 130,000 K-12 schools according to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). More than 55 million students attend these public and private schools, and many of these schools have had to rely on the use of portable classrooms in recent years due to overcrowding. With the increased use of portable classrooms, some teachers, students and parents have expressed concerns over the indoor environmental quality (IEQ) of these structures as many have become.......[Read More] [All News]

NIOSH Announces New Black Lung Video to Raise Awareness of Coal Dust Hazards

EMSL Analytical offers industrial hygiene and environmental testing services to identify coal dust, crystalline silica and other respiratory hazards to safeguard workers.

Cinnaminson, NJ, March 25th , 2020 In late January, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) announced the release of a new video on black lung disease among coal miners. Faces of Black Lung II – The Story Continues is a follow-up to the first Faces of Black Lung video, produced over ten years ago. It leads viewers through a short history lesson on miner protections, beginning with the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 and the establishment of NIOSH’s Coal Workers’ Health.......[Read More] [All News]

Inmates at Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Facility in Florida Diagnosed With Legionnaires’ disease

EMSL Analytical offers rapid PCR and traditional culturing methods to identify Legionella, the microbial pathogen that causes Legionnaires’ disease, from environmental samples.

Orlando, FL, March 23rd , 2020 The Federal Bureau of Prisons recently announced that some female prisoners at a low security correctional institution in Central Florida have been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease. The outbreak occurred at a federal correctional complex and according to media reports, at least a dozen inmates have had to go to the hospital for treatment. An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in correctional facilities also occurred recently in California. In 2019, the California Department of Corrections.......[Read More] [All News]

Detecting PFAS From Drinking Water and Other Potable Sources to Help Minimize Exposure Risks

EMSL Analytical offers water testing to detect PFAS and other chemicals to protect the public, workers and the environment from chemical pollutants.

Cinnaminson, NJ, March 19th , 2020 A group of man-made chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have come under increasing scrutiny in recent years. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), PFAS have been manufactured and used in a variety of industries around the globe, including in the United States since the 1940s. They are used to make fluoropolymer coatings and products that resist heat, oil, stains, grease and water. EPA reports that PFAS can be found in:   Foodpackaged in.......[Read More] [All News]

North Carolina Town Restricts Access to Park After the Discovery of Asbestos-Containing Soil Near Former Shingle Manufacturing Plant

EMSL Analytical provides environmental testing services, sampling supplies and test kits to identify exposure risks to asbestos and other hazards.

Charlotte, NC, March 16th , 2020 A town in North Carolina recently announced it had performed an environmental assessment of a city park as part of a planned park improvement project. Soil sampling results reported on the town’s website stated that asbestos levels were present in specific areas of the park. As a result, city officials are following the recommendations of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) and have restricted access at the park by installing construction fencing to prevent the.......[Read More] [All News]

School to Relocate Students for the Remainder of the Semester After Benzene Discovered in Soil from Two Septic Systems

EMSL Analytical provides environmental and indoor air quality (IAQ) testing services, sampling supplies, test kits and monitoring instruments to identify potential exposure hazards.

New York, NY, March 12th , 2020 Multiple media outlets recently reported that administrators for a middle school in New York have decided to relocate all of the students that attend for the remainder of the school year. The decision was made after an environmental consulting firm that has been investigating the facility announced it had found soil samples from two different septic systems that contained elevated levels of benzene. There had reportedly been complaints about foul odors in the school and some parents believe the odors.......[Read More] [All News]