Our policy on staff qualifications and training is one of many properties that differentiates our company from others in the same field. Our methodology is standardized, and we have management systems in place to ensure the quality of our results. All laboratory and research staff are post-secondary graduates with specializations in Biology, Statistics or Computer Science. In addition, all laboratory staff are required to complete our intensive in-house training course, before analyzing samples. This training, combined with standardized methods of counting and reporting, allows us to ensure the quality of our data. For quality assurance we use only our own sampling equipment for monitoring projects. In response to the demanding nature of long-term allergen monitoring, we manufacture robust rotation impaction samplers and accessories to ensure consistent and reliable operation in the field.

We are committed to efficiency in our operations, and use computer assistance whenever possible. This allows us to produce reliable and consistent data products for a reasonable price, and enables our research activities. We do not generate reports of aeroallergen levels for locations where we do not have a station. All of our reports and forecasts are backed up with near real time counts. As we are providing information relating to people’s health, we feel it is important that the report be accurate and substantiated.

We are actively engaged in research to increase our knowledge and understanding of the relationships between allergen levels and the environment, as well as the improvement of reports for public education. Fungal spores are notably a major source of airborne allergens, and we are actively advocating for the distribution of this information.

Aerobiology Research Laboratories has been an innovative provider of accurate scientific aeroallergen data across Canada since 1993. Our programs are unique to the field of aerobiology and have evolved for over 20 years to ensure the highest standard of aeroallergen reporting for both aeroallergen data and pollen forecasts.

Prior to incorporation in 1993 the company’s founder, Lee Coates was involved in a pollen and mold spore identification and research program. This included developing the computer programs used to simplify counting and analysis of the resulting data. The founders of Aerobiology Research Laboratories were also involved in the formation of the Pan-American Aerobiology Association in the late 1980s. The Pan-American Aerobiology Association together with the International Aerobiology Association is tasked with keeping people in the field of aerobiology all over the world in touch with each other based on common interests, activities, and goals, for the benefit of the field.

Aerobiology Research Laboratories has been actively involved in research and presentation at the American Association of Allergy Asthma and Immunology, the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, the Pan-American Aerobiology Association, and other conferences relating to air quality.

We work closely with universities and government agencies to provide information on aeroallergens for studies relating to their affects on health. Pharmaceutical companies also use our data products and services to support their clinical trials and market studies. We are broadening the information available to the public by providing reports to web sites and mobile services that give an accurate forecast of aeroallergens for the current and next three days. Our expertise and data has contributed to a number of informative reports and scientific papers that have been published in peer-reviewed journals.