Description: The Nation's Leading Asbestos Testing Laboratory by EMSL Analytical provides asbestos testing by an EPA approved, NVLAP accredited asbestos testing laboratory. We provide a wide range of services including bulk material sampling and analysis, environmental consulting, expert witness testimony and litigation support.
Our unmatched capacity coupled with a company wide focus on customer satisfaction makes no project too large or too small.
Asbestos is the name of a group of highly fibrous minerals with separable, long, and thin fibers. Separated asbestos fibers are strong enough and flexible enough to be spun and woven. Asbestos fibers are heat resistant, making them useful for many industrial purposes.
Asbestos has been used commonly in a variety of building construction materials for insulation and as a fire-retardant. Because asbestos fibers are resistant to heat and most chemicals, they have been mined for use in over 3,000 different products, including roofing materials, brake pads, and cement pipe often used in distributing water to communities. Today, asbestos is most commonly found in older homes, in pipe and furnace insulation materials, asbestos shingles, millboard, textured paints and other coat