Purifying Our Community Through Expert Analysis & Exceptional Service
Serving the communities of Southern Colorado, the Greater Denver Metropolitan Area, and beyond.
About Amiantos Laboratories
Amiantos (ah-mee'-ahn-toes)
Noun
- Asbestos
Adjective
- Undefiled, Untainted, Pure
The namesake of our company comes from the translated spelling of the same word in Greek, αμίαντος. Originally, the term was used to describe something that was free from impurity or steadfast in its form. Over time it was then adapted to describe the multi-functional family of minerals that were mined nearby and that are known to not change their composition despite external influences: Asbestos.
Due to its reselience as a material, asbestos was used in many applications ranging from clothing to cookware, and namely in the production of fire resistant building materials. When the detrimental health impacts of asbestos became public knowledge and the substance was regulated, a decades long mission of mitigation and abatement had begun.
It is our goal as a laboratory to asisst our local communities and the industrial health industry in the mission of purifying the community of asbestos to minimize public health risk.
Pictured: Crocidolite ore, the fibrous, amphibole asbestos form of the mineral Riebeckite.
The Laboratory
Amiantos Laboratories is an environmental laboratory in central Colorado Springs. We specialize in the analysis of bulk and airborne asbestos samples and are committed to expanding into a full-service array of analytical services. Amiantos Laboratories was founded in 2025 and is NVLAP accredited (Lab Code 600412-0) and certified by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment for bulk asbestos analysis and is IHPAT proficient as recognized by AIHA (101561) for airborne asbestos analysis via PCM.
Pictured: Crocidolite fiber bundle viewed with polarized light microscope.