Val Associates Laboratory,
Inc. provides analytical support to clients from industry,
consulting groups and the government. Much of the information
we provide is used for proving regulatory compliance,
environmental investigation and the development of design
data for environmental consultants. Due to this fact,
our foremost goal is to provide the highest quality
analytical data. At Val Associates we take great pride
in producing results which have a high confidence level.
Quality
Assurance Commitment:
The major function of an independent
laboratory in today's
society is to generate technical information.
Along with this information, it is necessary
to provide auxiliary information for proper
interpretation. The information we generate
is used by our clients in a variety of ways.
It may be used to demonstrate quality of a finished
product; to establish the basis for remedial
action or to decide a legal dispute. This information
has a high and intrinsic value over and above
the cost of providing it to a client. Since
this information is important to our clients,
we have ensured to production of scientifically
sound and legally defensible data of known and
documentable quality with our Quality Assurance
Program.
The plan employed to ensure quality performance of
the analytical work produced by Val Associates includes
use of established standard methods and inclusion
for analysis of various spike, blank and control samples.
The continued review of this data relative to established
standards of performance insures the maintenance of
this program.
Val Associates Laboratory
was founded in 1973 as a plating industry lab. With
the growing environmental movement and the laws associated
with it; Val Associates began environmental analysis
in 1980. Starting with on flame AA spectrophotometer
and limited chemistry equipment; Val Associates now
boasts four state of the art gas chromatographs/mass
spectrometers, several gas chromatographs, flame and
furnace atomic adsorption spectrophotometers and a
new inductively coupled plasma spectrometer.
today's
society is to generate technical information.
Along with this information, it is necessary
to provide auxiliary information for proper
interpretation. The information we generate
is used by our clients in a variety of ways.
It may be used to demonstrate quality of a finished
product; to establish the basis for remedial
action or to decide a legal dispute. This information
has a high and intrinsic value over and above
the cost of providing it to a client. Since
this information is important to our clients,
we have ensured to production of scientifically
sound and legally defensible data of known and
documentable quality with our Quality Assurance
Program. 