Long Beach Public Health Laboratory
Long Beach, California · EPA NLLAP
At a glance
- Accredited to analyse
- lead: paint chips, dust wipes, soil (what that means)
- Price
- not on the official list: ask the lab for a quote
- Turnaround
- not published: ask when you send samples
- Accreditation runs to
- February 1, 2028
- Outside samples
- the list says this site does not usually take outside work
Lab facts
- Address
- Long Beach, CA · Open in Google Maps
- Phone
- (562) 570-4080 (as printed on EPA’s NLLAP list)
- Tests listed for
- Lead
- Left blank on the list
- The official list gives no street address, website for this site.
Copied from the official lists below. Business details only.
What this lab can test for you
- Lead paint testing: accredited to analyse paint chips scraped from walls, trim or windows; dust wipes from floors and window sills, the test used after renovation; soil from play areas and the drip line around the house.
- Outside samples: the list marks this site as not available for commercial testing, so a homeowner will usually need another lab. The nearest site listed as taking outside samples is LA Testing-Huntington Beach in Huntington Beach, CA, 6 miles away.
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
- EPA NLLAP lead: recognized for paint chips, dust wipes, soil, accredited by AIHA Laboratory Accreditation Programs; not marked commercially available (list October, 2026 Round 132, Month 3 of 3).
Accreditation as listed by EPA NLLAP on October 14, 2026; confirm with the lab.
EPA NLLAP: lead
Accreditation as listed by EPA NLLAP on October 14, 2026; confirm with the lab.
- Name on the list
- Long Beach Public Health Laboratory
- City on the list
- Long Beach
- Recognized for
- paint chips, dust wipes, soil
- Commercially available
- No
- Lab type
- Fixed Site
- Accrediting organization
- AIHA Laboratory Accreditation Programs
- List version
- October, 2026 Round 132, Month 3 of 3
Open EPA’s NLLAP list. The list prints no accreditation number or expiry date. Confirm the test you need with the lab before you send samples.
Other accreditations on record
- AIHA Laboratory Accreditation Programs, lab ID LAP-102620: lead in paint, dust and soil (ELLAP), valid to February 1, 2028 (443 days left). Scope as printed: “ENVIRONMENTAL LEAD” (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.
Also a certified drinking-water lab
A lab with the same name at the same ZIP code (or city) is on a state drinking-water certification list, so you may be able to test well water there too. Matched by name and location; confirm with the lab.
- Long Beach Public Health Laboratory · Long Beach · listed by CA (California ELAP - Accredited Laboratories (map layer) + per-lab Fields of Accreditation, version Map layer fetched 2026-11-15; scope PDF as of 6/1/2026)
Nearest other accredited labs
Lead paint testing
5 other accredited lead lab sites within 25 miles. Straight-line distance between ZIP-code centres (the list gives this site a city but no ZIP code, so its point is the city’s most common ZIP).
| Lab site | Town | Distance | Prints a homeowner price |
|---|---|---|---|
| LA Testing-Huntington Beach | Huntington Beach, CA | 6 mi | – |
| SGS Forensic Laboratories | Carson, CA | 10 mi | – |
| AIH Laboratory | Anaheim, CA | 12 mi | Yes |
| Envirocheck, Inc. | Orange, CA | 15 mi | – |
| Eurofins Built Environment Testing West- Tustin, CA | Tustin, CA | 18 mi | – |
Homes around this lab
Los Angeles County: 70% of 3,650,466 housing units were built before 1980, above the California share of 56% (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 3,217,817 homes built before 1980 are in the 2 counties whose centre lies within 25 miles of this lab (Los Angeles County, Orange County).
- Lead paint testing: 6 accredited lab sites within 25 miles, about 536,303 older homes per site, about the same as the California figure of 546,409 older homes per listed site (15 sites).
Census ACS 2020–2024, table B25034; county centres are the mean of their ZIP-code points.
Water and housing around this lab
- Radon: Los Angeles County is EPA Zone 2, moderate radon potential (2 to 4 pCi/L). Renovation that opens floors or basements is a common time to test.
- Private wells: about 30,311 people, 0% of residents, drink from a private well (USGS 2015), the 57th highest share of 58 counties in California.
- Well-water testing: the nearest state-certified drinking-water lab that its state list marks as taking homeowner samples is Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research, 1 miles away.
- Public drinking water: 131 public water systems serving Los Angeles County reported EPA UCMR 5 PFAS tests (2023–2026); 54 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 Liberty Utilities - Bellflower-Norwalk (PFOA 16 ng/L, PFOS 59 ng/L). These are water suppliers’ results, not private wells.
- Arsenic in private wells (USGS model): about 17,244 private-well users in Los Angeles County may drink water above 10 µg/L of arsenic (2010 base; a screening estimate, not a measurement).
County figures for Los Angeles County, CA, 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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