Analytical Chemistry Inc. - certified laboratory with 30 years forensics: clandestine meth lab determinations, drugs in hair, added flammables analysis.



Reverse Engineering : composition and additives in products - deformulation
Forensic : added flammables, drugs in hair identification, Meth Lab analyses, patents
FDA : pharmaceuticals, imported foods : method development and analysis for Food and Drug Administration
Trace Analysis : in air, food, soil, water, pharmaceuticals, etc.
Industrial Hygiene : NIOSH, OSHA; Indoor Air Quality, Asbestos, Lead; SCBA air
Environmental : EPA, RCRA, Drinking Water & Soil Contamination
Contact Information : how to get in touch with the laboratory

Reverse Engineering involves formulating a product by starting with the already finished competitive product and working backwards - deformulation.
Examples include :
  1. Drugs and pharmaceutical products.
  2. Lubrication and petroleum based additives and formulations.
  3. Plastics, coatings, rubbers, adhesives, polymers, paints, dyes, fats, oils, metals
  4. Flavors, scents, ingredients, and preservatives in the food, beverage, cleaning and cosmetics industries.
  5. Synthetic, commercial, and home concoctions/remedies.
A multi-level program can be developed with clients to maximize budget dollars. Main components and/or trace level additives can be replicated in various stages to allow the clients to verify performance or try their own ideas.
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Forensic determinations includes
  1. Patent violations from people deformulating your products
  2. Avoiding patent violations in deformulating a product
  3. Added flammables, accelerants in arson investigations
  4. General insurance liability
  5. Age and type of inks on legal documents
  6. Comparative analysis for product defect/liability/failure
  7. Comparative analysis of paints in auto, boat, vehicle collisions
  8. Adulteration, tampering, contamination, stains, discolorations
  9. Personal injury, exposures : industrial hygiene litigation, hazard evaluation, occupational exposure, air monitoring
  10. Expert witness and testimony : felony murder to product failure
  11. Method development for novel applications
  12. Clandestine drug lab analyses - methamphetamine, methcathinone, crack cocaine, heroin, controlled substances : reagents, precursors, and final product on surfaces and in air - from assessment to clean-up.
  13. Timeline analysis in hair: which drugs were used which week - back to a year. DOT 5-drug screen: amphetamines, opiates, marijuana, cocaine & PCP. Broad range of pharmaceuticals : was Haldol used before and during a dual homicide?
  14. Drug Use Info
  15. More Drug Use Info

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FDA qualifications include
  1. Measurement of standard pesticides, contaminants and additives in consumables
  2. Development of procedures for measuring novel chemical contaminants
  3. Leach tests for lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd), misc. metals in ceramics, earthenware, porcelains per protocol
  4. Proximate analyses : protein, fats, ash, moisture
  5. Type and age of fats, oils
  6. USP, AOAC, USDA, FDA, ASTM and Standard Methods for general chemistry requirements
  7. Collection of representative samples per protocol - worldwide
  8. Advance analysis of samples prior to import/export
  9. Chlordimeform (CDF) in honey to sub-ppb levels; methomyl in raspberries
  10. FDA web-page
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Trace Analysis is the general field that encompasses the analytical chemistry of Industrial Hygiene, Environmental, Forensics and other applied fields; specifically it can include
  1. the low level additives in a lubricant, coating, plastic, medicine
  2. the contamination of an alloy, food-product, beverage
  3. discoloration of a wood, paint, or metallic finish
  4. the amount of pesticide from a neighboring field in air, house pet, or house dust
  5. levels of drugs along hair to document usage over several years time
  6. quantities of insults (metals, pesticides, industrial chemicals) in water, soil, air (,fire)
  7. vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates in food or supplements
  8. hormones, stimulants in (Chinese) herbal medicines
  9. lead in paint, dishes, drinking containers
  10. asbestos in floor tile, acoustic ceiling, wall texturing, furnace insulation, pipe insulation, cement
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Industrial Hygiene monitors a variety of aspects of the work environment :
  1. Air quality in general : indoor, outdoor, industrial
  2. Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) or Sick Building Syndrome; odor characterization. Sub-ppb emissions of microbes used to identify mold and mildew problems. Microbial Volatile Organic Compounds (MVOCs): alcohols, furans, ketones, pyrazines analysis at the sub-nanogram level. Analyze your air for 24 hour identification of a moldy environment.
  3. Fumes : exhaust, welding, incineration
  4. Gases : carbon & nitrogen oxides, aldehydes, isocyanates, ozone, chlorine
  5. Particulates : dust, oil mist, metals, silica, dust mites, molds
  6. Multicomponent screening : organics, inorganics; what did the MSDS omit?
  7. Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) generation or clarification
  8. pesticides, PCB's, PAH's, CTPV's
  9. solvents : naphthas, mineral spirits, halogenated mixtures
  10. Developing and validating methodology for collection and analysis
  11. Right to know, health & safety training, MSDS upgrades
  12. Compressor, SCBA, breathing air - CGA, ANSI, State/NIOSH, military specifications
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Environmental
  1. EPA Priority Pollutants: volatiles, semi-volatiles, pesticides, metals, dioxins
  2. General organic & inorganic chemistries - halogens, specific ions, solvents
  3. RCRA Hazardous Waste Characterization : TCLP metals, volatiles, semi-volatiles
  4. Landfill monitoring : inorganics, metals, VOC's
  5. NPDES Permit renewal : metals, cyanide, phenols, organics, conventionals
  6. Safe Drinking Water Act : chemical contaminants, pesticides/herbicides
  7. Underground Storage Tanks : BTEX, TPH, gasoline, diesel
  8. EPA Method 8040 phenols, Method 8151 chlorinated herbicides
  9. EPA Method 8290 dioxins & dibenzofurans, Method 8321 nonvolatiles
  10. Method development for analysis of novel chemicals
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Analytical Chemistry Inc.
4611 S. 134th Place; Suite 200
Seattle, WA 98168-3240

E-mail : Projects Manager
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