International Women’s Day 2023

International Women’s Day 2023

Every March we highlight the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society.  This Women’s History Month 2023, we are honoring three great women of environmental science: Rachel Carson, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, and […]

Pennsylvania Adopts PFAS Limits for Drinking Water

Harrisburg, PA – In a first of its kind rulemaking, Pennsylvania has adopted new regulations to protect Pennsylvanians’ drinking water from PFAS chemicals by setting new limits on two forms of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The new […]

National News Chooses Suburban for Tap Water Test

The National Desk, operated by the second-largest television broadcaster in the United States (Sinclair Broadcast Group, SGB), performed a drinking water test for harmful PFAS Compounds and chose Suburban Testing Labs to conduct their research.  […]

PA EQB Approves MCL for PFOA/PFOS

October 12, 2022, Harrisburg, PA – The Environmental Quality Board approved PADEP’s Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) regulation proposal for two harmful PFAS compounds in drinking water: PFOA and PFOS.  The regulation, which will update 25 […]

STL Only Lab in Mid-Atlantic Approved for UCMR5: EPA

The only commercial laboratory in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Virginia and West Virginia approved by USEPA for UCMR5 Testing. Reading, PA – In addition to being the first environmental testing lab in […]

2022 Business Excellence Award

The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance (GRCA) recently honored 50 top local businesses with their Business Excellence Award, and Suburban Testing Labs was proudly honored as #41 on the Top Businesses of the Greater Reading Area.   […]

Earth Day 2022

Earth Day is the day that was created to bring transformative change through education, activism, and change to benefit our planet.  The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we live, work, and communicate.  We may […]

Testing Water For PFAS & PCB Contamination

PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) and PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances) are man-made chemical hazards that almost every American has the potential to be exposed to via consumer products, persistence in the environment, and more. The waste […]