EPA memorandum on wipe sampling methods for asbestos in Lower Manhattan buildings, resuspension projections, and cancer risk estimates from WTC dust exposure.
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REFERENCES
1. Miele, J. A., Commissioner, Department of Environmental Protection, City of New York (October 25,2001) letter to Residents of Lower Manhattan. Posted on the internet at www.nyeljp.org.
2. “In evaluating data from the World Trade Center and the surrounding areas, EPA is using a protective standard under AHERA, the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act... The measurements must be 70 or fewer structures per square millimeter before children are allowed inside.” www.epagov/epahome/wtc/activities.htm
3. www.epa.gov/iegion8/superfund/libby/qsafe.html
4. ASTM Designation: D 6480-99. Standard Test Method for Wipe Sampling of Surfaces, Indirect Preparation, and Analysis for Asbestos Structure Number Concentration by Transmission Electron Microscopy. ASTM, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428. Available for $35.00 from the internet at www.astm.org.
5. Millette, J. R., and Hays, S. M. (1994), Chapter 8, Resuspension of Settled Dust, in: Settled Dust Sampling and Analysis, page 63, Table 2, Lewis Publishers, ISBN 0-87371-948-4
6. Chatfield, E. J., and Kominsky, J. R. (October 12,2001) Summary Report: Characterization of particulate found in apartments after destruction of the World Trade Center. Requested by: “ground Zero” Elected Officials Task Force. Chatfield Technical Consulting, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada and Environmental Quality Management, Inc., Cincinnati, OH.
7. Granger, R. H., McKee, T. R., Millette, J. R., Chmielinski, P., and Pineda, G. (October 2, 2001) Preliminary Health Hazard Assessment: World Trade Center, HP Environmental, Inc., 104 Elden St., Herndon, VA 20170. Paper submitted to the American Industrial Hygiene Association.
8. Evaluation of Two Cleaning Methods for Removal of Asbestos Fibers from Carpet, US EPA Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH 45268, Publication No. EPA/600/S2- 90/053, April, 1991. Posted at www.epa.gov/ncepihom/nepishom. Also available from the National Technical Information Service.
Evaluation of Three Cleaning Methods for Removing Asbestos from Carpet: Determination of Airborne Asbestos Concentrations Associated with Each Method, US EPA Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH 45268, EPA/600/SR-93/155, September 1993. Posted at at www.epa.gov/ncepihom/nepishom/
9. ATSDR (2000) TOXICOLOGICAL PROFILE FOR ASBESTOS, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Public Health Service Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Available by calling 1-888-42-ATSDR. At this time, only the final draft version is posted on the internet at www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp61.html .
10. ATSDR (2000) TOXICOLOGICAL PROFILE FOR ASBESTOS, op. cit.
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