At a glance
- Accredited to analyse
- lead: paint chips, dust wipes (what that means)
- Price
- not on the official list: ask the lab for a quote
- Turnaround
- not published: ask when you send samples
- Accreditation runs to
- April 30, 2027
Lab facts
- Address
- Baltimore, MD · Open in Google Maps
- Phone
- (412) 301-4048 ext 48 (as printed on EPA’s NLLAP list)
- Tests listed for
- Lead
- Left blank on the list
- The official list gives no street address, website for this site.
Copied from the official lists below. Business details only.
What this lab can test for you
- Lead paint testing: accredited to analyse paint chips scraped from walls, trim or windows; dust wipes from floors and window sills, the test used after renovation.
- Not accredited for soil: the nearest accredited lab site that is, EMSL Analytical, Inc. in Beltsville, MD, is 25 miles away.
From the accreditation scope on the official list; distances are straight lines between ZIP-code centres. Ask the lab which sample types it accepts by mail before you cut or wipe anything.
Accreditation record
- EPA NLLAP lead: recognized for paint chips, dust wipes, accredited by American Association for Laboratory Accreditation; commercially available (list October, 2026 Round 132, Month 3 of 3).
Accreditation as listed by EPA NLLAP on October 14, 2026; confirm with the lab.
EPA NLLAP: lead
Accreditation as listed by EPA NLLAP on October 14, 2026; confirm with the lab.
- Name on the list
- Microbac Laboratories, Inc.
- City on the list
- Baltimore
- Recognized for
- paint chips, dust wipes
- Commercially available
- Yes
- Lab type
- Fixed Site
- Accrediting organization
- American Association for Laboratory Accreditation
- List version
- October, 2026 Round 132, Month 3 of 3
Open EPA’s NLLAP list. The list prints no accreditation number or expiry date. Confirm the test you need with the lab before you send samples.
Other accreditations on record
- A2LA (American Association for Laboratory Accreditation), lab ID 18.01: ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Environmental; NLLAP (A2LA Environmental Lead), valid to April 30, 2027 (166 days left). Scope as printed: “Paint Chips EPA 3050B (prep)” (certificate or directory entry).
From the accrediting body’s public directory, read November 15, 2026 and re-checked by a second reader. EPA’s lead list relies on these bodies but prints no ID or expiry date.
Same firm, other accredited sites
2 sites of this firm in 2 states are on the NVLAP or NLLAP lists. Each site is accredited separately.
- Microbac Laboratories, Inc. · Marietta, OH · lead
Nearest other accredited labs
Lead paint testing
1 other accredited lead lab site within 25 miles. Straight-line distance between ZIP-code centres (the list gives this site a city but no ZIP code, so its point is the city’s most common ZIP).
| Lab site | Town | Distance | Prints a homeowner price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nan Technologies, Inc. | Halethorpe, MD | 8 mi | – |
| EMSL Analytical, Inc. | Beltsville, MD | 25 mi | Yes |
| AMA Analytical Services, Inc. | Lanham, MD | 28 mi | – |
| Batta Laboratories, LLC | Newark, DE | 52 mi | – |
| Bay Hill Labs | Cherry Hill, NJ | 94 mi | – |
Homes around this lab
Baltimore City: 82% of 295,032 housing units were built before 1980, above the Maryland share of 51% (Census ACS 2020–2024, table B25034). EPA links lead-based paint to homes built before 1978, and asbestos was common in building materials of that era. The ACS groups years by decade, so 1980 is the nearest cut.
Older homes within 25 miles
About 632,962 homes built before 1980 are in the 5 counties whose centre lies within 25 miles of this lab (Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Harford County, Howard County).
- Lead paint testing: 2 accredited lab sites within 25 miles, about 316,481 older homes per site, about the same as the Maryland figure of 327,750 older homes per listed site (4 sites).
Census ACS 2020–2024, table B25034; county centres are the mean of their ZIP-code points.
Water and housing around this lab
- Radon: Baltimore City is EPA Zone 2, moderate radon potential (2 to 4 pCi/L). Renovation that opens floors or basements is a common time to test.
- Private wells: about 0 people, 0% of residents, drink from a private well (USGS 2015), the 24th highest share of 24 counties in Maryland.
- Well-water testing: the nearest state-certified drinking-water lab that its state list marks as taking homeowner samples is EMSL Analytical, Inc., 95 miles away.
- Public drinking water: 1 public water system serving Baltimore City reported EPA UCMR 5 PFAS tests (2023–2026); 0 had a PFOA or PFOS result at or above 4.0 ng/L, the level EPA set for each in 2024. These are water suppliers’ results, not private wells.
- At house sale: Statewide (Real Property Article) has a septic system rule (Md. Code, Real Property § 10-713 (Ch. 587 of 2023, HB 11, Private Well Safety Act of 2023)); what it requires.
County figures for Baltimore City, MD, where this lab’s ZIP code lies: EPA radon zone map, USGS 2015 water-use and arsenic estimates, EPA UCMR 5 (public water systems), state drinking-water lab lists and our septic rule register.
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