Our broadest chemistry panel - volatile organics, metals, and minerals for the full story of your water.
VOCs (volatile organic compounds) enter water from fuel leaks, dry cleaning, industrial solvents, and degreasers. Benzene is a known leukemia-causing carcinogen; vinyl chloride and TCE are also carcinogens; MTBE is a fuel additive that makes water taste of turpentine at tiny concentrations.
Because VOCs evaporate, they're easy to miss - they literally escape the sample if it isn't collected with zero headspace. Combining VOCs with the full metals panel plus chloride and fluoride gives the most complete non-PFAS picture of what's in the water.
Two container types, all from the same faucet and session. Fill the VOC glass vials FIRST to a 'positive meniscus' with zero headspace - any air bubble invalidates that test. The metals/minerals HDPE bottle is never rinsed. Chill immediately and ship the same day you collect, with the ice pack in the thermal mailer.
Three methods run in parallel. VOCs: Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (EPA 524.2) - volatile compounds are separated on a column then identified by their unique mass fingerprint. Metals: ICP-MS (EPA 200.8). Chloride & fluoride: Ion Chromatography (EPA 300.0).
Independently operated, with no ties to filter or remediation companies. Every sample is analyzed by an accredited partner laboratory under EPA-referenced methods, with a documented chain of custody — and your data is yours.
Order today, collect at home, and mail it back in the prepaid pouch.
For informational & screening purposes. Not a medical diagnosis.