Hometest Information

Hometest® is an environmental testing company developed to help prevent the health, legal and financial consequences of exposure to environmental hazards. Hometest® does this by making testing products, industrial hygiene services, analysis, and environmental training related to these hazards affordable, simple to use, and reliable. All samples are analyzed in the EPA-recognized lab, METS Laboratories, thereby assuring users of the highest degree of accuracy and test integrity. Hometest® offers a full range of analytical testing for: Lead based paint dust Drinking water quality Mold/Mildew Allergens Radon gas Environmental concerns in residential housing are receiving major attention from the national health care industry and regulators. These concerns are being driven by new discoveries in the health care industry that demonstrate how even small amounts of environmental contaminants present in homes have devastating effects on the occupants, particularly children, pregnant women and family pets. As a result, in an effort to educate the public, there have been new federal and state laws enacted requiring disclosure of environmental issues during any real estate transaction, whether it is a purchase or a rental. The media is publishing or broadcasting a feature story almost every day about environmental contaminants in properties and the need to test for these hazards. Additionally, health care industry policies are shifting from secondary prevention to primary prevention. Secondary prevention involved testing children to determine if they had been exposed to environmental contaminants. If tests showed that a child had been exposed, the child's home would then be tested to determine how and where the exposure occurred, as well as how to correct the problem. As the health effects of childhood exposure to environmental hazards are irreversible in many cases, health care professionals have agreed that it is clearly more responsible to test the child's home environment early to prevent the child from being ...