Clean Air Month in California and Resources to Optimize Indoor Conditions

LA Testing offers air testing services, monitoring instruments, sampling supplies, test kits, and building inspection tools to identify and mitigate exposure risks to a wide range of airborne pollutants.

Huntington Beach, California, May 19, 2025 Each year, May is celebrated as Clean Air Month in California and across the nation. Clean Air Month is an opportunity to educate people about the connection between clean air and respiratory health. It is also a time to encourage the public to take action to improve their air quality.   The air people breathe has a direct impact on their health and well-being. While the quality of the air they are exposed to outdoors is often dependent upon where they live, the indoor air of homes,.......[Read More] [All News]

Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month and Optimizing Air Quality Conditions in California Homes and Buildings

LA Testing offers environmental testing services, sampling supplies, test kits, and monitoring instruments to identify and mitigate exposure to many asthma triggers, allergens, respiratory irritants, and other airborne pollutants.

Huntington Beach, California, May 16, 2025 The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) reports that 15.1% of the state’s population has at one time been diagnosed with asthma. For many who suffer from the condition, asthma attacks result in numerous missed school and work days, as well as trips to the emergency room. Tragically, a number of Californians die each year due to the chronic disease.   To increase awareness about asthma, and provide information about ways asthmatics can manage their condition by preventing.......[Read More] [All News]

National Lyme Disease Awareness Month 2025 and California Resources to Test Ticks for Borrelia burgdorferi

LA Testing provides laboratory services and easy-to-use sampling kits to identify Borrelia burgdorferi from infected ticks to help assess potential Lyme disease exposure risks.

Huntington Beach, California, May 15, 2025 Lyme disease is spread by western blacklegged ticks that are common in coastal California and the Sierra foothills, warns the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). The agency also reports that Lyme disease is the most common of all the tick-borne diseases in the state.   The disease is transmitted to humans through the bite of ticks infected with a bacterium known as Borrelia burgdorferi. Typical symptoms of Lyme disease include fever, headache, fatigue, and a characteristic.......[Read More] [All News]

2025 Wildfire Preparedness Week in California and Property Damage Identification Resources

LA Testing provides air, odor, material, and residue testing services, sampling supplies, test kits, and monitoring instruments to detect and mitigate exposure risks, and to help assess property damage from smoke and fire damage.

Huntington Beach, California, May 8, 2025 This year, May 4-11 is recognized as Wildfire Preparedness Week in California. During this time, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) and partner agencies share proactive ways that people, communities, and businesses can protect themselves and their property from the threat of wildfires.  This is important information to have as there have already been over 740 wildfires, 60,000+ acres burned, 30 fatalities, and more than 16,000 structures destroyed in.......[Read More] [All News]

Air Quality Awareness Week 2025 and Resources to Identify Airborne Pollutants in California

LA Testing provides air testing services, sampling supplies, test kits, monitoring instruments, and personal protective equipment to detect and mitigate exposure risks to airborne contaminants in both the indoor and outdoor environment.

Huntington Beach, California, May 6, 2025 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in conjunction with partners that include the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and various other federal, state, and local agencies, announced that May 5th through the 9th will be recognized as Air Quality Awareness Week (AQAW) for 2025. AQAW’s goal is to promote events that increase air quality awareness and encourage people to regularly check the Air Quality Index.......[Read More] [All News]

Building Safety Month 2025 and Resources for Building Owners in California

LA Testing offers indoor environmental quality (IEQ) laboratory testing services, sampling supplies, test kits, building inspection tools, air monitoring instruments, and more to identify and mitigate exposure risks in the built environment.

Huntington Beach, California, May 1, 2025 This May marks the 45th annual Building Safety Month in California and across the globe. The theme for this year’s campaign is Game On and a number of organizations, companies, and municipalities in California are taking part in activities to raise awareness of the importance of building safety.   Building Safety Month initiatives help to provide property owners, landlords, facility managers, government officials, and the public with information and resources to create and maintain.......[Read More] [All News]

Workers Memorial Day 2025 and Protecting Workers in California

LA Testing offers industrial hygiene and environmental, health, and safety testing services, sampling supplies, monitoring instruments, and personal protective equipment (PPE) to safeguard workers in the Golden State.

Huntington Beach, California, April 29, 2025 Workers Memorial Day takes place each year in California and across the United States on April 28. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) describes it as a time to honor workers who have died on the job, to acknowledge the grievous suffering experienced by families and communities, and to recommit ourselves to the fight for safe and healthful workplaces for all workers. Protecting the health and safety of workers is a critical function as thousands die on the job each.......[Read More] [All News]

Legionella Detected at Children’s Hospital in Southern California

LA Testing provides PCR and traditional culture methods to quickly identify the pathogen that causes Legionnaires’ disease and Pontiac fever from environmental samples to support water management programs that protect the public.

Huntington Beach, California, April 21, 2025 Multiple media outlets recently reported that a patient at a Children’s Hospital in California tested positive for Legionella, and subsequent testing of the water in the patient’s room showed a low level of contamination with the bacteria. The hospital has stated that no other patients tested positive and that the water system has been sanitized. People can develop Legionnaires’ disease or Pontiac fever if they inhale water droplets or a mist that is contaminated with.......[Read More] [All News]