Children’s Health Month and Resources to Mitigate Harmful Environmental Exposures in California

LA Testing provides laboratory services, sampling supplies, test kits, and monitoring instruments to identify a wide range of environmental exposure risks in homes, schools, daycare centers, and other facilities with children.

Huntington Beach, California, October 9, 2024 Children’s Health Month is recognized and promoted each October by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The agency emphasizes the critical importance of safeguarding children, especially those in vulnerable populations, from environmental threats in the places they live, learn, and play. According to the EPA: Children are often more vulnerable to pollutants than adults due to differences in behavior and biology, and these differences can lead to greater exposure and/or.......[Read More] [All News]

National Indoor Air Quality Awareness Month and California Resources to Improve the Built Environment

LA Testing provides laboratory services, sampling supplies, test kits, air monitoring instruments, and building inspection tools to identify and mitigate exposure risks to a wide range of airborne pollutants in homes, schools, and businesses.

Huntington Beach, California, October 7, 2024 October is recognized as National Indoor Air Quality Awareness Month. For many building occupants, a comfortable temperature and relative humidity, good ventilation, and a lack of unpleasant odors comes to mind when thinking about indoor air quality (IAQ). It’s also important to control exposure to indoor pollutants to help reduce the risk of health concerns. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) warns that the health effects from indoor air pollutants can be experienced soon.......[Read More] [All News]

World MRSA Awareness Month and Resources to Mitigate Infection Risks in California

LA Testing offers environmental and infection control testing services to identify MRSA and other microbial pathogens to help prevent infections in patients and building occupants.

Huntington Beach, California, October 2, 2024 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is described by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a type of staph that can be resistant to several antibiotics. The agency warns that anyone can get a MRSA infection or carry MRSA. The risks increase for people with hospitalizations or nursing home stays, skin-to-skin contact with others, and exposure to crowded and unhygienic places. The County of Los Angeles Public Health also cautions that recently, MRSA.......[Read More] [All News]

Tips to Help Prevent Mold Growth in California Homes and Buildings

LA Testing offers mold and other indoor environmental quality testing services, sampling supplies, test kits, building inspection tools, air monitoring instruments, and personal protective equipment to detect and mitigate exposure risks.

Huntington Beach, California, September 24, 2024 Exposure to mold can cause a variety of health effects, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). For some people, mold can cause a stuffy nose, sore throat, coughing, wheezing, burning eyes, or skin rash. Asthmatics who are allergic to mold may have severe reactions. CDC also warns that immunocompromised individuals, and people with chronic lung disease, could be at risk of getting lung infections from some types of mold.   The bad news is mold will grow.......[Read More] [All News]

Fungal Disease Awareness Week and California Infection Control Resources

LA Testing provides laboratory services, sampling supplies, test kits, air monitoring instruments, and building inspection tools to detect mold and pathogens in the built environment.

Huntington Beach, California, September 18, 2024 Fungal Disease Awareness Week (FDAW) takes place this year from September 16th through the 20th. The annual event, promoted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is used by the agency and partners to highlight the importance of recognizing, treating, and preventing fungal diseases in California and throughout the rest of the United States.   CDC warns that fungal diseases are increasing worldwide. In some places, the agency cautions it is difficult to avoid.......[Read More] [All News]

National Farm Safety and Health Week and Resources in California to Protect Agricultural Workers

LA Testing provides environmental and industrial hygiene laboratory services, sampling supplies, monitoring instruments, and personal protective equipment to safeguard workers from a wide range of potential exposure hazards.

Huntington Beach, California, September 18, 2024 Since 1944, the third week of September has been recognized as National Farm Safety and Health Week. The National Safety Council was the first to promote the week of recognition and it is now led by the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety (NECAS). The theme for 2024 is Don’t Learn Safety by Accident.   There are tens of thousands of farms and ranches spread across California. Agriculture creates over $57 billion dollars in cash receipts each year in the state,.......[Read More] [All News]

U.S. Army and EPA Announce PFAS Testing for Potential Contamination near Army Post in California

LA Testing offers drinking water, groundwater, wastewater, soil, and food testing services to detect PFAS and other chemicals to protect people, and to help entities comply with health and safety regulations.

Huntington Beach, California, September 12, 2024 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army recently announced a joint sampling and testing project to identify the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) near army installations. The project will inform Army remedial actions if results indicate that PFAS is found in drinking water and may potentially be impacting the drinking water wells of nearby residents. The joint EPA-Army sampling and testing project is being implemented nationally. The project has.......[Read More] [All News]

Things to Know to Help Prevent Legionnaires’ Disease in California

LA Testing offers PCR and traditional culturing methods to quickly and accurately identify the bacterium that causes Legionnaires’ disease and Pontiac fever from environmental samples to support infection control efforts.

Huntington Beach, California, September 10, 2024 The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) states there are approximately 500 laboratory-confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease reported each year in California. The agency goes on to claim that most cases in California appear to be sporadic rather than outbreak associated. However, CDPH also warns that outbreaks in the state have been associated with healthcare and congregate living facilities, hotels, hot tubs, and cooling towers. Legionnaires’ disease is a serious.......[Read More] [All News]