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| Q: | What are your normal working hours? |
| A: | Assaigai is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. We observe the following holidays:
New Years Day
Martin Luther King Day Jr.
President's Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Thanksgiving and the following Friday
Christmas Day
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| Q: | What is mold? |
| A: | Click here to read an in-depth explanation about mold.
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| Q: | How can I be assured of quality and defensibility? |
| A: | Our QA/QC department complies with normative requirements and protocols and provides independent oversight for the entire laboratory operation. It determines the standards required to maintain quality and verification of tests and services.
For a list of accreditations obtained, see Certifications. |
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| Q: | How can we aid with sampling? |
| A: | We can advise on sampling procedures and methods by telephone or e-mail. When necessary and possible, our staff members can visit a site to sample and collect materials. |
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| Q: | What kind of help and coordination can one get with environmental issues? |
| A: | Project Management, the interface between clients and operations, provide high quality, timely data, assistance and direction in sampling and testing choices, and interpretation of data. |
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| Q: | How do we operate? |
| A: | Operational responsibilities are divided into three core groups: Organics, Inorganics and Asbestos. The Organics section comprises of Gas Chromatography and Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectroscopy and Organics Extraction. Inorganics deals with Metals (FAA, GFAA, ICP, and ICP-MS), Wet Chemistry/Bacteriological and Metals Digestion sections. Asbestos includes both Air and Bulk analyses and Industrial Hygiene services, such as air monitoring, property survey, and custom air sampling. |
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| Q: | What kind of instruments and reporting capabilities do we have? |
| A: | Flame, ICP-AES and ICP/MS, HPLC, GC and GC/MS, visual spectrum machines, mercury analyzer, and various other instruments. All of our data are calculated through our state-of-the-art, custom-designed, in-house-database Laboratory Information System (LIMS). Raw data is directly downloaded and calculated to give us virtual real-time reporting capability. Standard hard copy reporting and electronic reporting is prepared according to the client's specifications. |
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| Q: | What does TLCP stand for? |
| A: | TCLP stands for Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure. It is designed to determine the mobility of both organic and inorganic analytes present in liquid, solid, and multiphasic wastes. This methodology emulates worst-case possibilities for landfills and the potential groundwater contamination, i.e.: acidic rainwater trickling down through landfill waste and into the groundwater. |
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| Q: | What kind of analyses does Assaigai usually perform? |
| A: | Virtually all categories of environmental analyses dealing usually with compliance (governmental, municipal, etc.) or contamination (chemical spills, clean water/soil/air, asbestos/IH) |
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