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A Dealership Gets Pancaked	A Dealership Gets Pancaked: (Particulate Examination, PMA Level 2) Samples were submitted for analysis from an automotive dealership in the...
Brown Material Inside Sewer Pipe	Client requested Materials ID on a brown material found inside clogged sewage pipe. Analytical testing showed presence of styrene-based material that...
Construction Worker's Contaminated Clothing	A worker was asked to haul materials he later was told may have contained asbestos. Since the materials were already disposed of and no air samples...
Employee Respiratory Complaint	Major airline had an office building at a major airport that was adjacent to their repair hangar. Office workers were complaining about having...
Failure Analysis- Electronics	Failure Analysis: Electronics (Diode Investigation) Methods employed: Optical Investigation X-Ray Planar C-SAM 3D X-Ray CT Cross...
Gray Leather-Like Material	Our client received a complaint on the quality of the leather used in most recent restoration project. We suggested a method that would help to...
Grey/Black Particulates Found In Tap Water	Client requested Materials Identification on the grey/black particulates found in the glass of the tap water. Scanning through laboratory...
Identification of Red/White Material	Client requested to identify and compare submitted red/white material with the submitted reference sample. Laboratory analysis identified the...
Indoor Air Quality	A client asked us to analyze for pepper spray. It turns out that a married couple had quite the marital spat and attacked each other with pepper...
Microbiological	We have recently completed projects where we were asked to analyze for Mycobacterium. We were able to use our MIDI GC system with great success.
Mysterious Debris Inside Sealed Water Bottle	During a routine inspection our client discovered suspicious debris inside of the one of their sealed water bottles. Analytical testing...
Suspicious Debris Found In Operating Room	Our client received a complaint from one of the local hospitals about unidentified particulates and fibers found in operating room. Analysis of...
Unidentified Contamination on Magnetic Head of MAG Reader	A Global magnetic card reader and printer manufacturer had received several complaints from one of his clients (one of the major national banks)...
Unidentified liquid found on the roof of the global dried fruit processor.	We were asked to identify the origin of a liquid material consistently building up around the ventilation area. Analytical analysis showed...
Unidentified Synthetic Material Found In Meat Product	A local meat company received a complaint from one of its clients about an unidentified synthetic material found in a purchased product. Facing...
Unknown crystal-like particles found in the micromanipulation solution.	A major micromanipulation media manufacturer received complaint from one of his costumers about unidentified particulates found in the media...
Unknown Debris Found In A Cryogenic Chamber	Our company was asked to identify the origin of a contamination. Analysis identified the contamination as a mixture of Palladium, Tin, and...
Unknown Glass-Like Fragments Found In Classroom	Concerned about the safety of his students, our client requested identification of glass-like fragments found in a classroom. Provided analysis...
Unknown White / Silver Powdery Material Found Inside “Clean Room” Hood	Our client had an Unknown white/silver powdery material they found inside of the “clean room” hood. They requested to...
White Powder Found On The Floor Of The Homeowner House After AC System Installation	An Air Conditioning and Heating Company found white powder found on the floor of the homeowner house after AC system installation. ...