NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
TABLES - LIBBY ASBESTOS DATA
SETTLED ASBESTOS DUSTS, BUILDING INTERIORS PCM-equiva lent
LIBBY structures per square
centimeter (s/cm^)
Fibers and Bundles (Structures) Longer than 5 micrometers (pm)
EPA Region 8 data.*® Mictovacuum sampling by American Society for Testing and Materials ASTM D-
5755 with analyses by TEM and counting rules specified in International Standards Organization ISO
10312.
33 out of 261 samples (13%) that had detectable asbestos 20 - 3658
228 out of 261 samples (87%) had non-detectable asbestos ND
RESIDENTIAL AND GARDEN SOILS weight percent (%)
LIBBY (all asbestos included, not
Includes all asbestos, not just fibers longer than 5 micrometers just PCM-equivabnt
asbestos)
EPA Region 8 data?® Analysis by PLM. EPA found that forthose Libby samples with non-detectable
analysis by PLM, many were found to actually have high levels when scanning electron microscope
(SEM) methods were used.
yard soil, 13 of 258 (5%) samples had detectable asbestos 1 -5%
yard soil, 106 of 258 (41%) samples had a trace asbestos trace
yard soil, 139 of 258 (54%) had non-detectable asbestos ND
garden soil, 43 of 109 (39%) had detectable asbestos 1 -5%
garden soil, 59 of 109 (54%) had a trace asbestos trace
garden soil, 43 of 109 (39%) had non-detectable asbestos ND
driveway, 21 of263 (8%) had detectable asbestos 1 %
driveway, 141 of 263 (54%) had a trace asbestos trace
driveway, 101 of 263 (38%) had non-detectable asbestos ND
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