Comprehensive heavy metal testing to identify toxic substances in paint and materials, protecting health, ensuring compliance, and enabling safe remediation.
Heavy metals and metalloids pose significant risks to human health and the environment. Whilst these substances occur naturally, they’re also widely used in manufactured products, meaning contamination can arise from multiple sources.
For property owners, developers, and facility managers, the presence of heavy metals, particularly lead in older paints, creates serious compliance, health, and financial challenges.
The Challenges You Face
You need certainty when managing properties or planning refurbishment works. Without accurate analysis, you risk:
- Non-compliance with COSHH health and safety regulations
- Exposure of workers and building users to toxic substances
- Project delays and unexpected remediation costs
- Liability issues and reputational damage
- Incorrect waste classification leading to disposal problems
Legacy paints, particularly those applied before regulatory changes, frequently contain hazardous metals. Identifying these risks early is essential for safe, compliant project delivery.
How We Help
Our chemistry laboratory uses advanced ICP-MS (Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry) technology to quantify up to nine metals in paint and material samples with exceptional accuracy. We analyse for:
- Arsenic
- Cadmium
- Chromium (total and CrVI)
- Copper
- Lead
- Mercury
- Nickel
- Selenium
- Zinc
Whether you’re assessing lead paint risks, investigating environmental contamination, or characterising waste materials, our heavy metal analysis gives you the clarity needed to proceed safely, compliantly, and cost-effectively.
