Indoor Air Quality Testing Services

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 or mitigating exposure to environmental asthma triggers, the month of May is designated as Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month. This year, May 6^th is also recognized as World Asthma Day.

According to the California Air Resources Board (CARB): There are many asthma triggers in addition to air pollution. These include pollens, dust mites, animal dander, and fragrances, among others. Typically an individual asthmatic responds to a unique subset of asthma triggers. Air pollution is a well-documented asthma trigger for some asthmatics; however, the role air pollution plays in initiating asthma is still under investigation and likely involves a complex set of interactions between indoor and outdoor environmental exposures and individual genetic susceptibility. 

“While there is no cure for asthma, it can be controlled,” said Michael Chapman, Laboratory Manager of LA Testing’s Huntington Beach facility. “Avoiding exposure to asthma triggers, airborne allergens, and respiratory irritants is a key part of managing many respiratory conditions. To help achieve this, LA Testing offers air and indoor environmental quality laboratory testing services, sampling supplies, easy-to-use test kits, and air monitoring instruments. These resources can detect a wide range of environmental asthma triggers and airborne pollutants to help people better manage what they are being exposed to in their homes, schools, and work environments.”

To learn more about air and indoor environmental quality (IEQ) testing resources, please visit www.LATesting.com, email info@LATesting.com, or call (800) 755-1794. For access to IEQ test kits, visit www.EMSLTestKits.com.

  

LA Testing is California’s leading laboratory for environmental and indoor air quality testing of asbestos, mold, bacteria, lead, VOCs, formaldehyde, soot, char, ash and smoke damage, particulates and other chemicals. In addition, LA Testing offers a full range of air sampling and investigative equipment to professionals and the general public. LA Testing maintains an extensive list of accreditations including: AIHA LAP LLC., AIHA ELLAP, AIHA EMLAP and AIHA IHLAP, CDC ELITE, NVLAP, State of California, State of Hawaii Department of Health and other states. LA Testing, along with the EMSL Analytical, Inc. network, has multiple laboratories throughout California including South Pasadena, Huntington Beach, San Leandro and San Diego.