ENVIROCHECK, INC. can provide responsive and cost-effective hazardous material research and analysis. Our professional and experienced staff offers the latest scientific and technological methods for identifying asbestos, microbiological and lead concerns.

Preventative building evaluations utilizing ENVIROCHECK, INC.'s laboratory can limit a commercial property owner's health risks liability associated with 'sick building syndrome'.

Asbestos
The National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) accredits the asbestos laboratory. This program accredits testing and calibration laboratories that are found capable to perform specific tests or calibrations or types of tests or calibrations. NVLAP exercises ISO/IEC 17025 as the foundation for the accreditation of testing and calibration laboratories. Care was taken during the drafting of ISO/IEC 17025 to incorporate all those requirements of ISO 9001 and ISO 9002 that are relevant to the scope of testing and calibration services that are covered by a laboratory's quality system. Testing and calibration laboratories that fulfill with the requirements of this handbook will also operate in accordance with ISO 9001 or ISO 9002. NVLAP has entered into shared recognition arrangements with equivalent accreditation bodies that comply with ISO/IEC Guide 58 and applicable regional documents. The use of this handbook will encourage cooperation between laboratories and other bodies, and assist in the exchange of information and experience and in the harmonization of standards and procedures.

Microbiological
The laboratory is AIHA accredited. The American Industrial Hygiene Association establishes and maintains the highest possible standards of performance for laboratories analyzing samples to support the evaluation of occupational and environmental exposure to hazardous agents. Laboratories that comply with the requirements of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) policy ISO/IEC 17025 incorporates those requirements of ISO 9001 and ISO 9002 that are relevant to the scope of testing services addressed by the laboratory. This encourages the laboratory seeking accreditation to operate a laboratory in which well-qualified personnel using appropriate equipment and methods perform sampling and testing procedures with adequate controls. High standards of practice shall be encouraged and maintained through conformance with established accreditation criteria, education, and proficiency testing and onsite assessments.

Lead Based Paint
Lead based paint is commonly found in homes built before 1978. Under Section 302 of the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act, as amended, Public Housing Authorities (PHA's) are required to inspect randomly all their housing projects for lead-based paint. The preferred method for measuring the quantity of lead in a painted surface is the portable X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) "Spectrum Analyzer", which is accurate, relatively inexpensive, gives rapid results and is non-destructive. The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) has considered the XRF to be the best available technology of this type and it was used in the Housing and Urban Developments (HUD) national survey of lead paint in public and Indian housing. ENVIROCHECK, INC. is fully equipped to analyze all your lead-based samples with our XRF "Spectrum Analyzer".