At a glance
- Accredited to analyse
- lead: 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
- December 31, 2028
Lab facts
- Address
- Marietta, OH · Open in Google Maps
- Tests listed for
- Lead
- Left blank on the list
- The official list gives no street address, phone, 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 dust wipes from floors and window sills, the test used after renovation.
- Not accredited for paint chips: the nearest accredited lab site that is, Intertek-PSI, Inc. in Pittsburgh, PA, is 100 miles away.
- Not accredited for soil: the nearest accredited lab site that is, Intertek-PSI, Inc. in Pittsburgh, PA, is 100 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 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
- Marietta
- Recognized for
- 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 2936.01: ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Environmental; NLLAP (A2LA Environmental Lead), valid to December 31, 2028 (777 days left). Scope as printed: “Total Lead (Pb) in Dust Wipes EPA 6010D” (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. · Baltimore, MD · lead
Nearest other accredited labs
Lead paint testing
0 other accredited lead lab sites 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intertek-PSI, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | 100 mi | – |
| R. J. Lee Group, Inc. | Monroeville, PA | 112 mi | – |
| AT Labs., a Unit of Assay Technology | Youngstown, OH | 122 mi | – |
| District Board of Health Mahoning County | Youngstown, OH | 122 mi | – |
| Cleveland Analytical LLC | Cleveland, OH | 143 mi | – |
Homes around this lab
Washington County: 63% of 27,949 housing units were built before 1980, about the same as the Ohio share of 63% (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 53,050 homes built before 1980 are in the 5 counties whose centre lies within 25 miles of this lab (Morgan County, Noble County, Pleasants County, Washington County, Wood County).
- Lead paint testing: 1 accredited lab site within 25 miles, about 53,050 older homes per site, fewer than the Ohio figure of 670,666 older homes per listed site (5 sites).
Census ACS 2020–2024, table B25034; county centres are the mean of their ZIP-code points.
Water and housing around this lab
- Radon: Washington County 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 598 people, 1% of residents, drink from a private well (USGS 2015), the 84th highest share of 88 counties in Ohio.
- Well-water testing: the nearest state-certified drinking-water lab that its state list marks as taking homeowner samples is West Virginia Dept. of Health - Office of Lab Services, Chemistry, 71 miles away.
- Public drinking water: 7 public water systems serving Washington County reported EPA UCMR 5 PFAS tests (2023–2026); 3 had a PFOA or PFOS result at or above 4.0 ng/L, the level EPA set for each in 2024; the highest result was at Warren Comm W And S Assn 2 (PFOA 20 ng/L). These are water suppliers’ results, not private wells.
- Arsenic in private wells (USGS model): about 10 private-well users in Washington County may drink water above 10 µg/L of arsenic (2010 base; a screening estimate, not a measurement).
County figures for Washington County, OH, 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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