About Us
York Analytical Laboratories is a full service independent analytical laboratory providing analyses of water, waste water, soil, solid waste, hazardous waste, and air in the support of environmental needs.
Our charter is to provide superior service for a wide range of analysis needs in the support of activities under the applicable environmental regulations, including underground storage tank programs, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Cleanwater Act, CERCLA/SARA, TSCA, the Clean Air Act, and specific land transfer requirements (ECRA Super Lien, etc). As one of the pioneers in the air pollution measurement field, our former sister company, York Services Corporation (YSC), was one of the first full-service air quality firms in the country. During the late 1960's and early 1970's, YSC developed numerous methodologies for the sampling and analysis of air and emissions from a number of different industrial sources. Additionally, we were one of the first laboratories to be involved in groundwater, solid waste, hazardous waste, soils, and air. These environmental laboratory analyses, which were an offshoot of our air quality monitoring studies, were incorporated as York Analytical Laboratories in 1990.
York’s key management personnel each have over twenty years of experience in environmental analysis. This extensive experience includes all aspects of sampling and analysis. All of our staff have earned graduate and/or undergraduate degrees in various related disciplines including chemistry, biology, engineering and environmental sciences. This team of experienced professionals is equipped with the multi-disciplinary expertise, to provide a high level of support to our clients. Our staff provides technical support to assist clients with Quality Assurance Project Plans, definition of proper methodologies and data quality objectives, and data interpretation. These value-added services are a point of differentiation from other analytical laboratories, we routinely offer as an investment in our client relationships.
Our new Stratford, Connecticut laboratory and offices, includes 8,500 sq. ft. of working laboratory area with an additional 3,500 sq. ft. available for future expansion. The laboratory facilities are equipped with modern state-of-the-art instrumentation and equipment to address the analysis of all environmental matrices. Our laboratory facility is designed to reduce the potential for cross contamination. Separate laboratory environments are provided for volatiles, sample preparation, and sample control to minimize cross-contamination potential. The instrumentation laboratories are segregated by discipline (organics analysis, sample preparation, wet chemistry and atomic spectroscopy) and are provided with separate recirculating air conditioning systems to reduce cross-contamination from common laboratory solvents (methylene chloride, acetone, hexane and toluene) used in sample extractions. The laboratory maintains comprehensive licenses in various states including Connecticut, New York and New Jersey.
