Industrial Hygiene Associates
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359 DRESHER ROAD HORSHAM, PA 19044 (215)672-6088 (215)443-0899 FAX kcrawford@eagleih.com |
Laboratory Testing Services
Eagle Industrial Hygiene maintains a full service industrial laboratory at the Horsham, PA office. We are dedicated to providing the highest quality analysis of air, liquid, soil, or solid samples in a timely manner, and providing clear, concise, and accurate analytical reports to our clients.
Additionally, Eagle's laboratory adheres to a strict program of quality assurance, which ensures accurate, reproducible analytical results. To this end, our laboratory is equipped with instrumentation selected and operated in such a way as to optimize the efficiency of sample and data flow, and to secure the reliability of our results.
Security of all samples is maintained from the time they are received at the laboratory, until they are finally locked in a confidential, perpetual archive. The archives are set up so that samples may be readily retrieved. Documentation of analytical results and other laboratory activities is stored permanently on hard copy, log books, and computer database for future reference.
Analytical Testing Capabilities
- Mold and Bacteria Identification
- Atomic Absorption/Emission Spectroscopy with Graphite Furnace
- Gas Chromatography/Flame Ionization Detection
- Phase Contrast and Polarized Light Microscopy for Asbestos
- Calibrated Balance for Gravimetric Analysis
- Lead Testing
- Dust Characterization
- Soot Analysis
- Gravimetric Analysis
Certifications
- American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) - Lab #100421
- Asbestos Lab #100421
- Lead Lab #100421
- Mold & bacteria Lab #100421
- City of Philadelphia (PCM/PLM) - Lab #000002
- DEP Certified Drinking Water Laboratory - Fecal and Total Coliform
Asbestos Images
Raw Asbestos Rock Image
Asbestos PLM Analysis
Mold / Fungus / Mites Images
Stachybotrys sp. Spore Images
Stachybotrys sp.Considerable recent media attention has been focused on the fungi Stachybotrys chartum which may be associated with contamination of residences with this fungi. Stachybotrys thrives on water damaged cellulose rich materials such as sheet rock, paper, ceiling tiles, cellulose containing insulation backing and wallpaper. The presence of this fungus in buildings is significant because of the mold's ability to produce mycotoxins, which are extremely toxic, such as Satratoxin H. Exposure to these toxins can occur through inhalation, ingestion or dermal exposure. Symptoms include dermatitis, cough, rhinitis, nose bleeds, a burning sensation in the mouth and nasal passage, cold and flu symptoms, headache, general malaise, and fever. Inhalation of conidia may also induce pathological changes (pneumomycotoxicoses). Satratoxin H has been reported to be abortogenic in animals and in high doses or chronic low doses it can be lethal. S. chartarum produces other macrocyclic and trichoverroid trichothecenes and, like Memno niella echinata, produces phenylspirodrimanes, which are immunosuppressive. Stachybotrys typically appears as a sooty black fungus occasionally accompanied by a thick mass of white mycelia.
Dust Mite Image
