Air Quality Awareness Week 2025 and Mitigating Exposure Risks to Airborne Hazards
EMSL Analytical offers indoor and outdoor air quality testing services, sampling supplies, test kits, monitoring instruments, and personal protective equipment to detect and safeguard against contact with chemical pollutants and microbial contaminants.
Cinnaminson, New Jersey, May 5, 2025
This year, Air Quality Awareness Week (AQAW) takes place from May 5th through the 9th. It is a time for government agencies and public health advocates to share information about efforts to protect and improve air quality. The annual event has been recognized in the United States since 2007 and the theme for 2025 is Stay Air Aware.
The event is supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and partners. These include the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Centers for.......[Read More]
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Air Quality Awareness Week 2025 and Mitigating Exposure Risks to Airborne Hazards
EMSL Analytical offers indoor and outdoor air quality testing services, sampling supplies, test kits, monitoring instruments, and personal protective equipment to detect and safeguard against contact with chemical pollutants and microbial contaminants.
Cinnaminson, New Jersey, May 5, 2025
This year, Air Quality Awareness Week (AQAW) takes place from May 5th through the 9th. It is a time for government agencies and public health advocates to share information about efforts to protect and improve air quality. The annual event has been recognized in the United States since 2007 and the theme for 2025 is Stay Air Aware.
The event is supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and partners. These include the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Centers for.......[Read More]
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Building Safety Month 2025 and Optimizing the Indoor Environment
EMSL Analytical provides laboratory testing services, sampling supplies, test kits, inspection tools, and monitoring instruments to improve indoor conditions, and identify and mitigate exposure risks to microbial, chemical, and radiological hazards.
Cinnaminson, New Jersey, May 2, 2025
The 45th annual Building Safety Month takes place this month. Game On is the theme for this year’s international campaign with initiatives to raise awareness about what it takes to create and maintain safe and sustainable buildings. The weekly campaigns for Building Safety Month this year include:
Week One – The Warm Up
Week Two – Build Your Offense
Week Three – Build Your Defense
Week Four – The Starting Lineup
Week Five – Going Into Overtime
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NYC Public Schools Not Inspected in for Asbestos
EMSL Analytical, Inc.’s New York laboratories provide asbestos analysis for large and small projects.
New York City, New York, April 30, 2025
It was recently announced that over 80% of New York City public schools built with asbestos were not included in mandatory inspections in 2023-2024. This news was released by a new audit from the city comptroller’s office. It was noted that the city Department of Education failed to inspect 82% of the city’s 1,700 school buildings built with known asbestos carcinogens. Prolonged exposure to asbestos during childhood is known to cause lung disease and cancer in exposed individuals. .......[Read More]
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Workers Memorial Day and Safeguarding the Nation’s Workforce
EMSL Analytical offers industrial hygiene (IH) and environmental, health, and safety (EHS) testing services, sampling supplies, test kits, monitoring instruments, building inspection tools, and personal protective equipment.
Cinnaminson, New Jersey, April 28, 2025
Each year, Workers Memorial Day is observed on April 28. This is the same day that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was established back in 1971. Workers Memorial Day is a time to honor those who have died on the job and to focus on actions to create safe and healthful workplaces for all workers. Protecting the health and safety of workers is indeed a critical function as there were 5,283 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States in 2023, a decrease from the.......[Read More]
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EPA Reaches Settlement with a Property Management Company over Lead Paint Disclosure Issues
EMSL Analytical offers laboratory testing services, sampling supplies, test kits, and personal protective equipment to identify and mitigate lead exposure risks, and to help companies comply with health and safety regulations.
Meriden, Connecticut, April 25, 2025
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced a settlement with a company involved with real estate and property management in Connecticut. The settlement includes over $41,000 in a civil penalty, and actions that will help protect residents of their properties from lead paint exposure risks in the future.
The company manages a number of properties in New Haven, all of which were built before 1978. Residential buildings built before 1978 are defined as "target housing".......[Read More]
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Bed Bugs at a University Dorm and Testing Resources to Quickly Detect their Presence
EMSL Analytical provides laboratory testing services and easy-to-use sampling kits to identify the existence of bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) from indoor environments utilizing advanced qPCR methods.
Cinnaminson, New Jersey, April 24, 2025
Multiple media outlets recently ran stories about the discovery of bed bugs in a university dormitory in Oklahoma. According to the reports, concerns raised by parents and students have been shared with university officials who have acknowledged multiple rooms in a wing of a residence hall have been addressed for pest-related issues.
Bed bugs are small, flat, parasitic insects that feed on the blood of people and animals, usually while they sleep. They are experts at hiding, which can.......[Read More]
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