LCS Laboratory offers air sampling kit for lead in residential air. Our laboratory is specialized in professional air monitoring and laboratory services to industry and public.
Your sampling kit includes one air sampling pump and cassettes for testing of up to 3 rooms. The procedure is based on the methodology developed by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH, USA) #7301 and can detect as little as 0.1 μg/m³ of Lead. The sampling procedure is quite straightforward and does not require a previous training and can be seen here . We recommend 4 hour sampling to achieve the best sensitivity.
We are the first and only company in US and Canada, who offers this test to homeowners to control the quality of residential air.
Lead was previously used in many household items, and now our environment is contaminated with alarmingly high level of lead. The most common routes of lead poisoning are either digestion or inhalation. Poisoning via digestion may occur when we consume contaminated food, water, or supplements of questionable origin.
The second route of lead poisoning is via the inhalation of lead dust. This typically occurs during renovation projects, or when you work in your hobby shop or garage. The number one source of lead dust is old paint. It is quite common to find a sample of old paint with up to 30% if Lead in it.
Another common source of lead fumes is plumbing solder. In-house brazing can produce high a concentration of lead in air
Several reference levels for Lead in air are available:
- 50 μg/m³ – Industrial Exposure Limits: (Reg. 490/09: DESIGNATED SUBSTANCES, Ontario, Canada. 2013)
- 0.50 μg/m³ – Ambient Air Quality Criteria (Ontario, 2012)
- 0.15 μg/m³ – Environmental Clean Air Standard:( NAAQS Table | Criteria Air Pollutants | US EPA 2016)
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