Asbestos Testing Is Simple & Affordable
Enclosed you will find easy-to-follow instructions on how to submit your materials for asbestos testing. EMSL Analytical, a leading nationwide testing laboratory, uses analytical methods that allows for rapid, inexpensive, and accurate identification of Asbestos

 

Why Test for Asbestos?

Thousands of Americans die each year from asbestos related diseases.  Asbestos has been used for years in building materials, paper products, plastics and other products. Exposure mainly occurs in indoor air where it may be released from these materials.

 

Where may Asbestos Hazards be found in the Home?

 

• Some roofing and siding shingles may have asbestos in them.
   

• Houses built between 1930 and 1950 may have asbestos as insulation.
   

• Asbestos may be present in textured paint and in patching compounds used on wall and ceiling joints. Their use was banned in 1977.
   

• Artificial ashes and embers sold for use in gas-fired fireplaces may contain asbestos.
   

• Older products such as stove-top pads may have some asbestos compounds.
   

• Walls and floors around woodburning stoves may be protected with asbestos paper, millboard, or cement sheets.
   

• Asbestos may be found in some vinyl floor tiles and on the backing on vinyl sheet flooring and adhesives.
   

• Hot water and steam pipes in older homes may be coated with an asbestos material or covered with an asbestos blanket or tape.
   

• Oil and coal furnaces and door gaskets may have asbestos insulation.