California

EMSL Analytical, Inc., Milipitas, CA [101048- 3]

This Directory of Accredited Laboratories will help you locate a laboratory near you to analyze an asbestos sample to determine if it really is asbestos.

There are two methods that are commonly used to determine if a sample of material contains asbestos. These are: Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Test Method and Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM) Test Method. The type of sample and asbestos suspected usually determines which method is best suited. Your trained asbestos sampling company will help make this decision.

The following directory of Accredited Laboratories from the National Institute of Standards and Technology will help you locate a laboratory near you.