NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
On September 13s', 2001, Consulting and Testing Services,
(CTSI) at the request of
NYUDH, Inc. collected three (3) samples of visible dust from the two
main hospital
entrances. The purpose of this sampling was to determine if the
suspect dust contained
asbestos.
The recent tragedy at the World Trade Center released tremendous
quantities of dust and
detritus to the downtown area, and beyond. Some of the emission is
comprised of
demolition debris, such as pulverized asbestos fireproofing and floor tiles,
and other
materials such as ceiling tiles, drywall, wood fiber, paper, fiberglass
insulation, heavy
metals, concrete and plaster.
The samples collected were from the Gold & William Street entrances
(as indicated on
the attached certificate of analysis) All sampleing was performed by a
certified asbestos
investigator, samples were transported to an independent certified laboratory,
EMSL
Analytical, for analysis. Samples were analyzed utilizing Polarized Light
Microscopy
(PLM) via NY State ELAP 198.1 method. Sample #001 was selected for
confirmatory
analysis via Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM).
Based on laboratory results, all samples were reported as non-ACM
(asbestos containing
material). Bulk materials are considered to be non-asbestos by the USEPA
when less
than 1% asbestos in volume.
NYC-WTC 000104679
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