Air Quality Sciences Earns Coveted International ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation

ATLANTA, GA, Jan 15 (MARKET WIRE) --
Air Quality Sciences (AQS), long recognized in the US as the leading
company for highly reliable, independent third-party, product emissions,
chemical and
microbiology testing, recently became the first company worldwide to receive
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) / International
Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 17025 accreditation for testing protocols for
indoor environments and products.

ISO/IEC 17025 is an international standard that assesses the technical
competency
of laboratories. The standard covers every aspect of laboratory management,
ranging
from sample preparation to analytical testing proficiency to record keeping and
reports. The standard focuses on several elements including, but not limited to,
the laboratory's quality system, document control, corrective and preventive
action, accommodation and environmental conditions, equipment, measurement
uncertainty, evidence of traceability, sampling, and much more.

"Accreditation through an international ILAC signatory such as ACLASS
demonstrates to the market and regulatory agencies that AQS has undergone
arigorous third-party assessment and has achieved the highest level of
technical competence. As with many of the standards that ACLASS assesses
against,
ISO/IEC 17025 provides the ultimate credibility for laboratories and companies,"
said
Dr. Bill Hirt of ACLASS Accreditation Services. AQS first qualified for the
ISO 9001 designation in 1996 and has continually achieved higher quality
standards
whenever ISO has introduced new criteria.

ISO/IEC 17025 strengthens AQS' ability to help manufacturers around the
world
ensure that their products are safe for indoor environments.

"With greater emphasis on green building around the world, manufacturers
rely on AQS to
provide reliable, high quality data that can be used to obtain product
certifications and to effectively position their products as environmentally
friendly," said Tony Worthan, president of AQS. Consumers and specifiers depend
on
product certifications in their efforts to decipher the myriad of marketing
claims associated with green products.

The scope of testing activities for which AQS received accreditation
includes chemical
emissions from materials and products used indoors; volatile organic compounds,
formaldehyde and other carbonyl compounds polluting indoor air; and chemical
emissions from printers and copiers, appliances, wood products, seating, office
furniture systems and the components that comprise these systems. In
addition, AQS also received accreditation for testing interior coatings,
materials
and wood products for microbial growth.

ISO 17025 is an internationally recognized and rigorous measurement standard
that
allows an organization to prove its competence. This accreditation complements
AQS' achievement of ISO 9001 registration along with accreditation by Germany's
Blue Angel environmental program, American Industrial Hygiene Association's
(AIHA)
EMLAP accreditation, and verification by the State of California for
performing Green Label Plus testing. AQS is the only US laboratory with the
ISO/IEC 17025 designation required for testing to the GREENGUARD Certification
and
the ANSI/BIFMA X7.1 furniture emissions standard.

Air Quality Sciences, Inc. is a fully integrated indoor air quality (IAQ)
company that provides solutions to create healthy indoor environments and
avoid potentially dangerous indoor pollution. As the only indoor air quality
firm with laboratories that are ISO 9001:2000 registered, AIHA EMLAP
accredited and ISO 17025 accredited, AQS sets the standard for effective
diagnoses and reliable solutions. AQS provides product testing services for the
GREENGUARD Certification Programs and the German Blue Angel Labeling programs,
which provide independent, third party certification for low-emitting products
used indoors. To learn more about AQS, Blue Angel and GREENGUARD, visit
www.aqs.com, www.blauer-engel.de or www.greenguard.org, respectively. To
learn more about indoor air quality, visit Aerias-AQS IAQ Resource Center at
www.aerias.org.

Contact:
Amber Michael
(770) 933-0638
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or

Dr. Marilyn Black
(770) 933-0638
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