State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa
Ankeny, Iowa · 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
- April 1, 2028
- Outside samples
- the list says this site does not usually take outside work
Lab facts
- Address
- Ankeny, IA · Open in Google Maps
- Phone
- (515) 725-1600 (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.
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
- State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa
- City on the list
- Ankeny
- 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-101048: industrial hygiene, including asbestos air samples (IHLAP); lead in paint, dust and soil (ELLAP); FoodLAP; Unique Scopes, valid to April 1, 2028 (503 days left). Scope as printed: “INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; ENVIRONMENTAL LEAD; FOOD; UNIQUE SCOPES” (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.
Nearest other accredited labs
Lead paint testing
No other accredited lead lab site lies within 150 miles, so this may be the only local option; the nearest others are 227 miles or more away. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMSL Analytical, Inc. | New Hope, MN | 227 mi | Yes |
| Wisconsin Occupational Health Laboratory Wisconsin State Lab | Madison, WI | 236 mi | – |
| Environmental Health Laboratories Saint Louis County Health | Berkeley, MO | 269 mi | – |
Homes around this lab
Polk County: 49% of 218,486 housing units were built before 1980, below the Iowa share of 62% (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 135,693 homes built before 1980 are in the 3 counties whose centre lies within 25 miles of this lab (Dallas County, Polk County, Story County).
- Lead paint testing: 1 accredited lab site within 25 miles, about 135,693 older homes per site, fewer than the Iowa figure of 885,302 older homes per listed site (1 site).
Census ACS 2020–2024, table B25034; county centres are the mean of their ZIP-code points.
Water and housing around this lab
- Radon: Polk 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 19,076 people, 4% of residents, drink from a private well (USGS 2015), the 96th highest share of 99 counties in Iowa.
- Public drinking water: 16 public water systems serving Polk County reported EPA UCMR 5 PFAS tests (2023–2026); 0 had a PFOA or PFOS result at or above 4.0 ng/L, the level EPA set for each in 2024. These are water suppliers’ results, not private wells.
- Arsenic in private wells (USGS model): about 432 private-well users in Polk County may drink water above 10 µg/L of arsenic (2010 base; a screening estimate, not a measurement).
- At house sale: Statewide has a septic system rule (Iowa Code 455B.172(11); 567 IAC Chapter 69); what it requires.
County figures for Polk County, IA, 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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