For those dealing with allergies, home should be a place of relief. Unfortunately, in today’s highly insulated homes, allergens in the form of biological dust from pets, pests, plants, and mould can accumulate, causing allergy symptoms. This effect, called “dust amplification,” is common in modern airtight houses, where dust has fewer ways to escape.
LCS Laboratory Inc. provides a reliable DIY Air Sampling Kit to allow homeowners to measure the concentration of biological particles in the air of their houses at a fraction of the cost of hiring a consultant.
This is how it works:
- You place an order for testing air quality in, let’s say, 5 rooms of your house.
- We send you a kit with a small (2 lbs) sampling pump, sampling cassettes, and instructions.
- You collect air samples of dust using our kit and return them to us for testing. Quick and easy to use, each room sample only takes five minutes. Once samples are collected, simply return them to our laboratory for analysis.
- We test your samples in our professional lab in London, Ontario, Canada. Our testing procedure, based on the ASTM D4359 standard, is refined to identify and quantify common allergens at a sensitivity of 90 particles/m³.
- We write the air quality report explaining the findings and describing which components are found at a normal level, and which are elevated.
- We send you a formal Air Quality Report via email.
What’s Included in the LCS Air Sampling Kit?
- A detailed sampling manual,
- An air sampling pump,
- Multiple cassettes for collecting the airborne dust in various rooms of your house.
- All laboratory analysis and reports are included in the price.
High-Quality Laboratory Analysis
Once received, our analysts conduct thorough analysis using high-resolution microscopy to identify and quantify various biological particles in your samples. Your lab report will provide concentrations of bio-allergenic dust in units of particles/m³, including:
- Mould Spores: Alternaria, Ascospores, Aspergillus/Penicillium, Basidiospores, Chaetomium, Cladosporium, Curvularia, Drechslera/Bipolaris, Smuts/Myxomycetes, Stachybotrys, Ulocladium, Hyphal fragments, and more.
- Plant Materials: Pollen, plant fuzz, plant dust
- Biological dust: Human dander, dog dander, bird dander, animal hair, human hair, bird feather fibres, and insect dust.
- Soil dust and other bio-dust
Understanding Your Results
Your report will identify what allergenic particles are detected in the air of your house and compare the individual results with the concentration of the dust in similar Canadian houses that we inspected before. Your report provides valuable insights into air quality and allergen levels in your home or office. These results can be used to manage allergy symptoms or to discuss air quality with healthcare providers.
Our Canadian clients can order the service online by following the link below.
Due to the difficulties in international trade, we encourage our US clients to place the order offline over email
Order your LCS Laboratory Air Sampling Kit today and gain clarity on the air you breathe. For further assistance, please reach out via our Contact Us form.
