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With more than 57,500 square feet of laboratory and support staff space, the ALS laboratory in Kelso, Washington has highly trained personnel that enable this facility to provide enhanced testing services. Complex projects requiring the analysis of large numbers of samples, difficult matrices, and low levels of detection are routinely processed in the Kelso laboratory.
Because our facility in Kelso specializes in non-routine analyses requiring a high degree of technical expertise, the laboratory has taken part in a number of method development studies for the U.S. EPA and various state and industrial agencies. The Kelso laboratory has also held a number of direct EPA contracts under the U.S. EPA Contract Laboratory Program (CLP). Services are provided to a number of other federal government entities including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE).
Among the specialized procedures performed at the Kelso laboratory are techniques that allow the ultra-trace determination of various constituents in difficult sample matrices and analysis of Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs). Investments have been made to develop systems for the preparation and analysis of sediment and tissue (i.e., plant and animal), as well as routine aqueous and soil samples. Much of the analytical chemistry performed at the Kelso laboratory is in direct support of risk-based studies where routine environmental procedures are often insufficient to meet the project objectives.
The Kelso dedicated drinking water laboratory was developed in order to serve the growing need for clean water and the associated testing required to verify purity. We have been performing drinking water testing for inorganic and volatile organic compounds since 1989. The expansion into full-service testing, including all of the regulated and unregulated compounds of concern, allows ALS to support clients nationwide.
Kelso Capabilities
- Marine and freshwater sediments, waters and tissues
- Ultra low level analyses
- Full service drinking water testing
- Alkylated homologs
- GC/ECD analysis for individual PCB congeners
- Isotope dilution for volatile and semivolatile organics
- Ultra-trace organotin speciation
- Pore water sample preparations and analyses
- Clean room techniques for ultra-trace metals
- Advanced chemical separations for ultra-trace metals
- Purge and trap atomic fluorescence for ultra-trace mercury
- Specialized inorganic testing (e.g., chromium reducible sulfur, microbially reducible iron, etc.)
- Explosives testing
- Numerous other procedures which have been developed for specific applications and projects
The Kelso laboratory specializes in new target analytes in complex matrices and complex analyses requiring a high degree of technical expertise. These special capabilities have allowed ALS to take part in a number of method development studies for the U.S. EPA and various state and industrial agencies. They have also held a number of direct EPA contracts under the U.S. EPA Contract Laboratory Program (CLP). Services are provided to a number of other federal government entities including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE), Navy, and Air Force.
A few of the more advanced environmental analytical techniques employed at the ALS facility in Kelso include:
- Specialized sample preparation
- Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
- Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs)
- Ultra-trace PAHs and alkylated homologs analyses
- GC/ECD analysis for individual PCB congeners
- Isotope dilution for volatile and semivolatile organics
- Ultra-trace organotin speciation
- Pore water sample preparations and analyses
- Clean room techniques for ultra-trace metals
- Advanced chemical separations for ultra-trace metals
- Purge and trap atomic fluorescence for ultra-trace mercury
- Specialized inorganic testing (e.g., chromium reducible sulfur microbially reducible iron, etc.)
- Explosives testing
The Kelso laboratory can perform low-level tests for endocrine disrupting compounds and pharmaceutical and personal care product residues such as:
- Steroids
- Stimulants
- Antibiotics
- Antimicrobials
- Prescription and non-prescription drugs
- Insecticides
- Detergents
- Plasticizers
- Fire retardants