Nyack-Based York Analytical Laboratories Purchases Connecticut Lab Aqua Environmental to Address Growing Concerns Over Water Contaminants – Rockland Business Journal article (Jan 17, 2022)

York Analytical Laboratories Inc. (YORK) has acquired Aqua Environmental Lab, Inc. (Newtown, CT) and will expand Aqua’s facility to accommodate additional testing capacity

The New York City School Construction Authority (SCA) has pre-qualified York Analytical to submit bids/proposals for future SCA projects.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation released new guidance Oct. 5 to regulate perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA; perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, or PFOS; and 1,4-dioxane to continue protecting public health with increased monitoring of emerging contaminants to ensure New Yorkers have access to clean drinking water.

PFAS chemicals are everywhere — woven into the fabrics of modern life as components of carpeting, clothing and cosmetics. They’re also in cookware, food packaging, drinking water and personal hygiene products.

A Nyack business has expanded to cope with increasing knowledge of and concern about the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, which have deeply contaminated sites around the country including on Long Island and in the Hudson Valley.