NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
Please refer to the previous part of this report (executive summary) for the limitations of
this data, the possible symptoms of exposure, and recommendations on how to reduce
your potential for exposure.
Table la Crystalline Minerals in Air for Building 26 and the upper
Manhattan Comparison Area (milligrams per cubic meter of air)
Building 26 Comparison Area
Minerals in Air Inhalable Thoracic - Inhalable Thoracic -
(PM100) Respirable (PM100) Respirable
(PM10-PM4) (PM10-PM2.5)
Quartz Detected ND ND ND
Cristobalite ND ND ND ND
Tridymite NA NA NA NA
Calcite ND ND ND ND
Portlandite ND ND ND ND
Gypsum ND ND Detected Detected
Mica ND ND ND ND
Halite ND ND ND ND
NA = not analyzed
ND = not detected
Table lb Approximate Levels Crystalline Minerals in Settled Dust for Building
26 and the upper Manhattan Comparison Area (percent of sample
containing the mineral)
Building 26 Comparison Area*
Minerals in Common Outdoor Residence Residence Common Outdoor Residences
Settled Dust Area #1 #2 Area
Quartz 0.7 NS ND ND 1.3 NS 2.2
Cristobalite ND NS ND ND ND NS ND
Tridymite ND NS ND ND ND NS ND
Calcite 1.6 NS ND ND CI.4 NS 0.9
Portlandite 0.6 NS ND ND 0.1 NS 0.1
Gypsum 2.3 NS ND 0.1 3.1 NS 4.2
Mica 0.1 NS ND ND ND NS 0.1
Halite ND NS ND ND ND NS 0.4
*Results are maximum values found in the comparison area
NS = not sampled
ND = not detected
CONFIDENTIAL, CITY_21MC100_003434275
SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER NO. 2, SEPT. 2008
NYC-WTC_000176158
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