Testing Labs

If you are concerned about arsenic, heavy metals, lead or other potential hazards around your house, you can easily have this tested. Below is an incomplete list of test labs who can do this sort of testing, with a bit of detail on what they do. Note that this is not an endorsement of any of these labs or products. Let me know if you have a good or bad result and I'll post the feedback here.

Contact us if you would like your lab added to this list, or if you have comments on anyone listed here.


  Here's a link to home testing kits and a wealth of test information on arsenic:







  Questions on Testing or interpreting your results? Talk to these people:

Northwest Environmental Testing Laboratory, LLC (NETLAB)
   109 Southeast A
   Bentonville, AR 72712
   Tel: (501) 271-7996
   Fax: (501) 271_8394
   Email them at mfhowell@swbell.net

  Playground Contractors

doing business on Boston's South Shore, Cape Cod and the Islands. Certified Playground Safety Inspectors, testing of play structures and the mulch used a soft fall surfacing for CCA wood. CCA wood remediation and disposal.

OutBack Landscape Specialties,Inc
   PO Box 656
   Cohasset, MA 02025
   Tel: (781) 383-2296
   Fax: (781) 383-2631
   Email them at out_back@attbi.com

  You can also look in your local yellow pages under 'Laboratories, analytical'.


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Page last updated: Mar 2003

Richard Martin
Austin, Texas USA 78703

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