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National COPD Awareness Month and California Resources to Optimize Air Quality Conditions

Indoor Air Quality Testing Services

Category	Press Release
Publish Date	11/6/2024
Author	Paul Cochrane
Title	National COPD Awareness Month and California Resources to Optimize Air Quality Conditions
Introduction	LA Testing provides environmental and industrial hygiene laboratory services, sampling supplies, test kits, and monitoring instruments to detect and mitigate exposure risks to airborne pollutants and pathogens.
Huntington Beach, California, November 6, 2024 The American Lung Association reports that over 1.4 million adults in California have been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). They also share that COPD annually results in millions of lost workdays, billions of dollars in treatment costs, and tragically, far too many hospitalizations and deaths. COPD refers to a group of diseases, such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis, which cause airflow blockage and breathing-related problems. Common symptoms of the disease that people often mistake as normal signs of aging include wheezing, shortness of breath, ongoing cough, chest tightness, or a combination of all. While cigarette smoke is a leading cause of COPD, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that exposure to air pollutants in the home and workplace, genetic factors, and respiratory infections also play a role. “To raise awareness of ways to prevent and manage the condition, November is recognized as National COPD Awareness Month,” said Michael Chapman, Laboratory Manager of LA Testing’s Huntington Beach facility. “LA Testing’s California laboratories support National COPD Awareness Month and offer air and dust testing for many of the common indoor environmental quality (IEQ) pollutants, irritants, and allergens that can exacerbate COPD and other respiratory conditions. These include dust mites, pet dander, mold, bacteria, pollen, perfumes, scented products, cleaning chemicals, smoke, dusty conditions, and outdoor pollution. We also offer comprehensive industrial hygiene laboratory testing services to detect a wide range of airborne chemical and microbial exposure risks in the workplace.” Several years ago, LA Testing sponsored an educational video about National COPD Awareness Month that can still be seen at: https://youtu.be/Sbl4FLOFBmc To learn more about indoor environmental quality or industrial hygiene testing services, sampling supplies, or monitoring instruments, please visit www.LATesting.com, email info@LATesting.com, or call (800) 755-1794. To access IEQ test kits, visit www.EMSLTestKits.com. About LA Testing LA Testing is California’s leading laboratory for environmental and indoor air quality testing of asbestos, mold, bacteria, lead, VOCs, formaldehyde, soot, char, ash and smoke damage, particulates and other chemicals. In addition, LA Testing offers a full range of air sampling and investigative equipment to professionals and the general public. LA Testing maintains an extensive list of accreditations including: AIHA LAP LLC., AIHA ELLAP, AIHA EMLAP and AIHA IHLAP, CDC ELITE, NVLAP, State of California, State of Hawaii Department of Health and other states. LA Testing, along with the EMSL Analytical, Inc. network, has multiple laboratories throughout California including South Pasadena, Huntington Beach, San Leandro and San Diego.