Updates on VOC & Metal Method

As environmental professionals, you trust Eurofins Eastern Analytical for reliable, top-tier laboratory testing—a responsibility we don’t take lightly!

Our team is dedicated to keeping a close eye on regulatory changes, so we can keep you updated and your projects compliant. Our commitment is to you, ensuring that the analytical scope of your project requirements are met with confidence.

With respect to that, we wanted to share crucial updates regarding Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) & metal methods in adherence to U.S. EPA, State, and NELAC certification requirements.

Effective December 15, 2024, Eurofins Eastern Analytical will follow the specified procedures outlined in the SW-846 guide under EPA Method 8260D (8260C currently reported) for Volatile Organic Compounds and Metals prep method 6010D (6010C currently reported). Updated methods will be on customer reports.

If you have any questions, would like to request updated SOPs for QAAPs, or need any additional information, please call us at 1-800-287-0525 or send us an email!

Reminder: Our Holiday Schedule

We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving last week! Looking forward to the holidays still ahead, please see below for our updated availability between Friday, December 20th and Friday, January 3rd.

Please keep the following dates in mind as you schedule your sample collection projects, especially when immediate or short hold time parameters (less than 72 hours) are needed.

We highly recommend collecting & submitting your lab samples during the first three weeks of the month.

  • Friday, December 20: No BOD samples will be accepted.
  • Monday, December 23 through Friday, January 3: No solid micro samples will be accepted. Please schedule projects requiring subcontracted parameters before or after this time period. Samples that need to be subcontracted, may NOT be analyzed within hold time.
  • Tuesday, December 24: No micro samples will be accepted.
  • Wednesday, December 25: CLOSED
  • Thursday, December 26: CLOSED
  • Friday, December 27: OPEN
  • Tuesday, December 31: No micro samples will be accepted.
  • Wednesday, January 1: CLOSED

Please call us or send us an email if you have any questions or need to make special arrangements.

Thank you!

–The Eurofins Eastern Analytical, Inc. Team