EMSL Analytical, Inc.
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania · NIST NVLAP
At a glance
- Accredited to analyse
- asbestos: material samples by PLM, air samples by TEM (what that means)
- Price
- from $95.00 per sample (Asbestos, building materials (homeowner kit)), as printed on the lab’s website (details)
- Accreditation runs to
- February 1, 2028 (latest of its listed accreditations)
Lab facts
- Address
- 5221 Militia Hill Road, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462 · Open in Google Maps
- Website
- www.emsl.com
- Tests listed for
- Asbestos
- Left blank on the list
- The official list gives no phone for this site.
Copied from the official lists below. Business details only.
What this lab can test for you
- Asbestos testing: accredited to analyse pieces of popcorn ceiling, vinyl floor tile, pipe wrap or other building material; air samples, such as the clearance test after asbestos removal.
From the accreditation scope on the official list; distances are straight lines between ZIP-code centres. Ask the lab which sample types it accepts by mail before you cut or wipe anything.
Accreditation record
- NIST NVLAP asbestos, lab code 200699-0: accredited for bulk samples by PLM, airborne samples by TEM; expires December 31, 2026 · 46 days left.
Accreditation as listed by NIST NVLAP on November 7, 2026; confirm with the lab.
Prices the lab prints
Takes homeowner samples: Yes, says the lab
| Test | Price | As printed | Standard turnaround | Included / conditions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asbestos, building materials (homeowner kit) | $95.00 per sample | “Test for Asbestos in Building Materials such as: Popcorn Ceilings, Floor Tiles/Mastic, ... $95 Lab Fee Required for Testing.” | Not stated | Kit free with prepaid return postage; $95 lab fee per sample, multi-layer samples charged per layer | Lab’s page read November 13, 2026 |
| Asbestos, dust or debris (homeowner kit) | $175.00 per sample | “Asbestos in Dust Test Kit $0.00 ea ... Test for Asbestos in Dust / Debris. $175 Lab Fee Required for Testing.” | Not stated | Kit free with prepaid return postage; $175 lab fee per sample | Lab’s page read November 13, 2026 |
Copied from the lab’s own website on the date shown and re-checked independently. The firm’s website prints one price for its 30 listed sites; confirm that this site takes your sample. Prices change; confirm with the lab. Compare asbestos lab prices.
Price compared with other listed firms
- Asbestos testing: lowest standard per-sample price printed $95.00, above the median $45.00 across 14 printed per-sample prices of NIST NVLAP-listed firms (range $20.00 to $95.00).
From our register of prices printed on lab websites (read November 13, 2026). For comparison, not a quote.
NIST NVLAP: Asbestos Fiber Analysis
Accreditation as listed by NIST NVLAP on November 7, 2026; confirm with the lab.
- Name on the list
- EMSL Analytical, Inc.
- NVLAP lab code
- 200699-0
- Lab type
- Commercial Testing Service
- Accreditation expires
- December 31, 2026
- Bulk (PLM)
- Yes
- Airborne (TEM)
- Yes
Scope (test methods)
| Category | NVLAP method code | Test method as printed |
|---|---|---|
| Bulk Asbestos Analysis | 18/A01 | EPA -- 40 CFR Appendix E to Subpart E of Part 763, Interim Method of the Determination of Asbestos in Bulk Insulation Samples |
| Bulk Asbestos Analysis | 18/A03 | EPA 600/R-93/116: Method for the Determination of Asbestos in Bulk Building Materials |
| Airborne Asbestos Analysis | 18/A02 | U.S. EPA's "Interim Transmission Electron Microscopy Analytical Methods-Mandatory and Nonmandatory-and Mandatory Section to Determine Completion of Response Actions" as found in 40 CFR, Part 763, Subpart E, Appendix A. |
Search the official NVLAP directory for lab code 200699-0 · NVLAP asbestos program page. Confirm the test you need with the lab before you send samples.
Other accreditations on record
- AIHA Laboratory Accreditation Programs, lab ID LAP-178659: industrial hygiene, including asbestos air samples (IHLAP); mold (EMLAP), valid to February 1, 2028 (443 days left). Scope as printed: “INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY” (certificate or directory entry).
From the accrediting body’s public directory, read November 15, 2026 and re-checked by a second reader. EPA’s lead list relies on these bodies but prints no ID or expiry date.
Same firm, other accredited sites
28 sites of this firm in 20 states are on the NVLAP or NLLAP lists. Each site is accredited separately.
- EMSL Analytical, Inc. · Phoenix, AZ · asbestos
- EMSL Analytical, Inc. · San Diego, CA · asbestos
- EMSL Analytical, Inc. · San Leandro, CA · asbestos
- EMSL Analytical, Inc. · Denver, CO · asbestos
- EMSL Analytical, Inc. · Meriden, CT · asbestos
- EMSL Analytical, Inc. · Fort Lauderdale, FL · asbestos
- EMSL Analytical, Inc. · N. Miami Beach, FL · asbestos
- EMSL Analytical, Inc. · Orlando, FL · asbestos, lead
- EMSL Analytical, Inc. · Smyrna, GA · asbestos
- EMSL Analytical Inc. · Hillside, IL · asbestos, lead
- EMSL Analytical, Inc. · Indianapolis, IN · asbestos, lead
- EMSL Analytical, Inc. · Baton Rouge, LA · asbestos, lead
- EMSL Analytical, Inc. · Woburn, MA · asbestos
- EMSL Analytical, Inc. · Beltsville, MD · asbestos, lead
- EMSL Analytical, Inc. · South Portland, ME · asbestos
- EMSL Analytical, Inc. · New Hope, MN · asbestos, lead
- EMSL Analytical, Inc. · St. Louis, MO · asbestos, lead
- EMSL Analytical, Inc. · Kernersville, NC · asbestos, lead
- EMSL Analytical, Inc. · Morrisville, NC · asbestos
- EMSL Analytical, Inc. · Pineville, NC · asbestos, lead
- EMSL Analytical, Inc. · Cinnaminson, NJ · asbestos, lead
- EMSL Analytical, Inc. · Piscataway, NJ · asbestos
- EMSL Analytical, Inc. · Carle Place, NY · asbestos, lead
- EMSL Analytical, Inc. · Depew, NY · asbestos
- EMSL Analytical, Inc. · Long Island City, NY · asbestos, lead
- EMSL Analytical, Inc. · Houston, TX · asbestos, lead
- EMSL Analytical, Inc. · Seattle, WA · asbestos
Nearest other accredited labs
Asbestos testing
3 other accredited asbestos lab sites within 25 miles. Straight-line distance between ZIP-code centres.
| Lab site | Town | Distance | Prints a homeowner price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eckhart Environmental Services, LLC | Media, PA | 15 mi | – |
| Criterion Laboratories, Inc. | Bensalem, PA | 18 mi | Yes |
| Eurofins Built Environment Testing East - NJ | Cherry Hill, NJ | 23 mi | – |
| Batta Laboratories, LLC | Newark, DE | 38 mi | – |
| Harvard Environmental, Inc. | Bear, DE | 43 mi | – |
Homes around this lab
Montgomery County: 61% of 350,351 housing units were built before 1980, below the Pennsylvania share of 67% (Census ACS 2020–2024, table B25034). EPA links lead-based paint to homes built before 1978, and asbestos was common in building materials of that era. The ACS groups years by decade, so 1980 is the nearest cut.
Older homes within 25 miles
About 1,415,101 homes built before 1980 are in the 6 counties whose centre lies within 25 miles of this lab (Bucks County, Chester County, Delaware County, Montgomery County, Philadelphia County).
- Asbestos testing: 5 accredited lab sites within 25 miles, about 283,020 older homes per site, fewer than the Pennsylvania figure of 650,586 older homes per listed site (6 sites).
Census ACS 2020–2024, table B25034; county centres are the mean of their ZIP-code points.
Water and housing around this lab
- Radon: Montgomery County is EPA Zone 1, the highest radon potential (average indoor level may be above 4 pCi/L). Renovation that opens floors or basements is a common time to test.
- Private wells: about 163,088 people, 20% of residents, drink from a private well (USGS 2015), the 58th highest share of 67 counties in Pennsylvania.
- Well-water testing: the nearest state-certified drinking-water lab that its state list marks as taking homeowner samples is EMSL Analytical, Inc., 17 miles away.
- Public drinking water: 20 public water systems serving Montgomery County reported EPA UCMR 5 PFAS tests (2023–2026); 17 had a PFOA or PFOS result at or above 4.0 ng/L, the level EPA set for each in 2024; the highest result was at Collegeville Trappe Joint Pwd (PFOA 235 ng/L, PFOS 15 ng/L). These are water suppliers’ results, not private wells.
- Arsenic in private wells (USGS model): about 4,113 private-well users in Montgomery County may drink water above 10 µg/L of arsenic (2010 base; a screening estimate, not a measurement).
County figures for Montgomery County, PA, where this lab’s ZIP code lies: EPA radon zone map, USGS 2015 water-use and arsenic estimates, EPA UCMR 5 (public water systems), state drinking-water lab lists and our septic rule register.
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