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There is currently no national program for recognition of United States environmental laboratories. This situation should change sometime in 1998 as environmental testing laboratories should be able to apply for accreditation in the United States via a system developed by the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference (NELAC). NELAC is an organization whose purpose is to establish performance standards for accrediting environmental laboratories. Laboratories to be accredited will be required to demonstrate qualifications of testing personnel, pass on-site inspections, perform satisfactorily on proficiency test samples, and meet specified quality assurance standards.
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Parr, J. Accreditation for United States environmental laboratories. Accred Qual Assur 3, 376–378 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s007690050265
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s007690050265