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E. coli Fears Prompt Ground Beef Recall from Grocery Store Chain

EMSL Analytical offers food testing services to identify E. coli and other foodborne pathogens to help prevent outbreaks and costly product recalls.

Cinnaminson, NJ,  November 8th , 2018 The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) recently announced that a Florida-based grocery store chain was voluntarily recalling an undetermined amount of ground beef products made from chuck from its stores in twenty-four counties. The recall was initiated due to fears the beef may be contaminated with Escherichia coli. According to the FSIS announcement, “E. coli O26, like the more common E. coli O157:H7, is a serovar of Shiga.......[Read More] [All News]

New Jersey Testing Laboratory Certified to Support New NJDEP Drinking Water MCLs and PWTA Monitoring Requirements

EMSL offers New Jersey Private Well Testing Act (PWTA) services performed by NJ State certified samplers and managed by dedicated Project Coordinators.

Cinnaminson, NJ,  November 7th , 2018 The State of New Jersey is the first state to take action against the national drinking water crisis by implementing new regulations. On September 4, 2018, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) adopted amendments to the New Jersey Safe Drinking Water Act rules and the Private Well Testing Act (PWTA). The Safe Drinking Water Act rule changes include the establishment of two new Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) of 0.013 micrograms per liter (μg/l) for.......[Read More] [All News]

Mold Concerns Result in the Temporary Closure of Community Center

EMSL Analytical provides testing services, sampling supplies, easy-to-use test kits and inspection tools to identify mold and other indoor environmental quality issues.

Cinnaminson, NJ,  November 6th , 2018 Last month, multiple media outlets reported on the temporary closure of an important community center in Memphis, Tennessee. The activity center for the Frayser community closed its doors after reports of water damage resulting in possible mold growth became known and investigated. Unfortunately, when water or high humidity levels are introduced into an indoor environment mold will often begin to grow in as short as 48 hours. Anytime elevated levels of mold are found indoors, the source of.......[Read More] [All News]

Lung Cancer Awareness Month and Identifying Airborne Carcinogens

EMSL Analytical provides air testing services, sampling supplies and monitoring instruments to identify respiratory irritants, allergens, asthma triggers and known carcinogens.

Cinnaminson, NJ,  November 5th , 2018 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more people in the United States die from lung cancer than any other type of cancer. Each year, approximately 200,000 people in the U.S. are told they have lung cancer and more than 150,000 die from the disease. Globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports that lung cancer has been the most common cancer in the world for several decades and as recently as 2015, lung cancer was responsible for about 1,690,000 deaths.......[Read More] [All News]

Nashville Home Placed in Quarantine After Methamphetamine Laboratory Discovered

EMSL Analytical provides testing services, sampling supplies and easy-to-use test kits to identify chemical residues left behind by clandestine meth labs.

Cinnaminson, NJ,  October 31st , 2018 WSMV in Nashville recently published a report about the arrest of four individuals from a residence southeast of downtown. According to local police, the four were arrested in connection with the production of methamphetamine (meth). The house in question has been quarantined due to the hazardous chemicals found inside and all eight law enforcement officers who entered the home had to undergo decontamination procedures for health and safety purposes.   Over the past decade,.......[Read More] [All News]

EMSL’s Weymouth Laboratory Now NVLAP Accredited for Bulk Asbestos Testing

EMSL Analytical, Inc. is proud to announce that its Weymouth laboratory has recently been accredited by the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) for bulk asbestos analysis. Weymouth is now the second EMSL laboratory in the state of Massachusetts to receive this accreditation, in addition to Woburn, MA.

Weymouth, MA,  October 30th , 2018 EMSL Analytical, Inc. is proud to announce that its Weymouth laboratory has recently been accredited by the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) for bulk asbestos analysis. Weymouth is now the second EMSL laboratory in the state of Massachusetts to receive this accreditation, in addition to Woburn, MA. The Weymouth laboratory was created as a result of EMSL’s acquisition of two MA asbestos laboratories from TRC Solutions in April of 2018 and the Weymouth location was.......[Read More] [All News]