technology

Mail-in certified-lab analysis

A consumer service in which a household ships a water or soil sample in prepaid packaging to an accredited laboratory and receives a parameter-by-parameter report.

Where it's used

Home water & soil bio-testing kits
Consumer test kits that put a microbiological read on private water and garden soil — a coliform and E. coli presence/absence culture at the kitchen table, or a mailed sample analysed by an accredited laboratory for bacteria counts and Legionella.
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