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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 […]

GRCA Business Excellence Award Logo 2022

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 […]

Volunteer to Protect Your Environment

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service Make it a Day ON, Not a Day Off. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service 2022 is Monday, January 17th. Americans began commemorating MLK Jr’s […]

Sources of Exposure to PFAs

Sources of Exposure to PFAs

Research has shown that PFOA and PFOS, two chemicals in the PFAS family, cause harm to humans, other mammals, and sea life. PFAS chemicals have a long history of use in consumer products, industrial development, […]