Gas Analysis
Ana-Lab`s gas analysis services provide our clients extensive experience and knowledge stemming from multiple disciplines. Led by professional chemists and technicians, Ana-Lab can provide complete gas testing and analysis along many parameters.
Because of our extensive experience, Ana-Lab has an extensive working knowledge of industrial, commercial, chemical, and mining regulatory requirements. We couple in-depth expertise with qualified techniques for measuring and monitoring air pollution emissions and have established regulatory resources to facilitate and expedite solutions to your air quality needs.
Permits and Compliance Programs
Source Testing
Ana-Lab provides source testing services in accordance with regulatory requirements and permit conditions for existing or new air pollution emission units. Additionally, we have effectively utilized our source testing capabilities to optimize and enhance process operations, develop cost-saving new emission factors, characterize emissions for pollution control or monitoring equipment, and quantify emissions for CERCLA and EPCRA release reporting. NPN Environmental`s staff is experienced and familiar with EPA source testing methodologies for pollutants including VOCs, nitrogen oxides, sulphur oxides, particulates, HAPs, metals, and opacity. We can also develop and implement protocols and test methods for facility-specific chemicals and pollutants.
Emission Invent Monitoring and Analysis
Ana-Lab performs investigations of indoor air quality pollutants using OSHA and EPA protocols for carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, volatile organics, ozone, formaldehyde, tobacco smoke, nitrogen oxides, sulphur oxides, asbestos, inorganic acids and gases, particulates, bacteria, and mold. Additionally, we assess ventilation parameters such as humidity, supply and return air volumes, and temperature as well as occupant issues that may be contributing to perceived or actual indoor air quality conditions.
Mold Analysis
Ana-Lab`s dedicated, highly qualified analytical laboratory staff can sample, analyze, and identify fungi, molds and yeasts.
Molds are fungi that come in a variety of species and live both indoors and outdoors in dark, damp or wet places. The real culprits are mold spores — tiny bacteria produced by mold that become airborne or water-borne. As many as 250,000 spores could fit on the head of a pin. In heavily contaminated areas, a person might breathe in as many as 750,000 spores per minute, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
If you`re mildly allergic to molds, symptoms can include nasal stuffiness, eye irritation or wheezing. Among those who are more seriously allergic, however, symptoms can include fever and shortness of breath.
Prolonged exposure to mold in certain occupational settings, such as farms, is a particular concern. Farm workers continuously exposed to moldy hay, for instance, can develop a condition called Farmer`s Lung, which causes fatigue, a chronic cough and other symptoms, says the CDC.
If you find you are sensitive to mold, experts advice avoiding places outside that might have high levels of mold, such as wooded areas, compost piles, hay bales or cut grass.
Indoors, you can take steps to decrease mold exposure by keeping humidity levels below 40 percent. Ventilate showers and cooking areas, and try using a bleach solution of one cup of bleach in one gallon of water to clean areas where there may be mold growth.
Mold Damage
Mold growth inside a home or office building can adversely affect human health. Not only can mold and other biological contaminants affect your health, but mold can also jeopardize the sale of a home or subject building owners to serious legal liabilities, including violation of building code and health standards.
Ana-Lab Corp. provides specialized services designed to address issues regarding mold. These services include testing and analyzing homes and offices for the presence of mold, identification of factors that cause mold growth, hazard analyses, and suggestive remediation techniques.
Health Effects
Mold growth in the home or workplace can be a contributing factor of health symptoms experienced by some people. Especially susceptible people may complain of difficulty breathing, a runny nose and watery eyes, increased frequency of asthma attacks, itchy skin and rashes, and nose bleeds. If poor indoor air quality is suspected, a person should first consult their physician for an evaluation.
Mold Testing & Analysis
Ana-Lab Corp. can identify the presence, quantity and type of mold inside homes and offices. Testing may reveal the presence of particularly hazardous types of molds that produce mycotoxins. Such information is useful so that safe and appropriate remediation techniques are selected. All samples are collected in accordance to EPA-approved methods and analyzed by EPA-approved and accredited laboratories.
Source Identification
If visible mold growth is found or testing reveals elevated mold levels inside a home or office, the reason for the mold growth must be determined. Ana-Lab is capable of identifying causative factors. Mold growth is likely caused by one or a combination of the following:
- Water intrusion
- Water line leaks
- Excessive moisture
- Condensation in HVAC systems
