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On Sep 18, 9:58 am, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
> Melinda > wrote:
>
> >This brings up something I've been meaning to ask the group...if I wanted to
> >take a sample of tea from my cupboard and get it analyzed for pesticides
> >etc., how would I go aobut doing that? I imagine a lab, but what kind, how
> >would I find one, and would they do such a thing for a member of the general
> >public?

>
> Here in Virginia, the agricultural extension service has access to a lab
> at Virginia Tech that can do pesticide assays for very low prices.
>
> Your extension service may have something similar.
>
> Some commercial labs includehttp://www.wcaslab.comandhttp://www.emalab.com. I have not used either, though.
> --scott
>
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."


Do you have the contact info for having a pesticide assay done at
Virgina Tech? I couldn't find this service on their website.
Thanks.