Asbestos Testing Fraud

[Julia Blythe]

For our next flip, we are going to be taking all of the interior walls down to the studs.  This house is 100 yrs old and has mostly plaster walls and both plaster and popcorn ceilings.  Can someone suggest an honest asbestos testing company in Memphis?  I have recently learned that some of the supposedly "independent" third party testing companies are not as "independent" as they may want one to believe and are under investigation.  (Here in Memphis, there are two testing companies that appear to be competitors but are actually the same company and supposedly give false positives to clients and then refer these clients to a "third party" remediation company that -- wow! -- happens to be owned indirectly by the same people).  Needless to say, we are now a little paranoid about all of the testing companies.  

We want to do the right thing as far as testing for asbestos and lead paint, but want to deal with a testing company that has similar ethics as our own.

Any suggestions?