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ASSOCIATES INC.
April 17, 2002
Mr. Bernard P. Orlan
Director, Environmental Health & Safety
New York City Board of Education
28-11 Queens Plaza North
Long Island City, NY 11101 -4008
Re: Wipe Samples for Dioxins
P. S. ISOM
ATC Project No. 15-19125-0289
Dear Mr. Orlan:
ATC Associates Inc. (ATC) is pleased to provide this report of the results of the wipe-samples
for polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs)and dibenzofurans (PCDFs) collected on March
8, 2002, at the referenced location. The New York City Board of Education (BOE) requested
these samples to evaluate possible contamination in the school building per the recommendation
of Environ Corp., consultant to the parents association..
SCOPEOTWORK
The samples were collected using gauze pads and hexane as a solvent. The pads and solvent
were provided and samples were analyzed by Pace Analytical Services, Inc. (Pace) of
Minneapolis, MN, a laboratory experienced in dioxin analysis. The analysis was performed by
modified EPA Method 8290 using combined capillary column gas chromatography/high
resolution mass spectrometry.
ATC’s findings and conclusions are based on the laboratory samples results and the conditions
present in the school at the time of the assessment.
Wagdi Abdelshahid, Industrial Hygienist of ATC’s New York City office, collected the samples.
consistent with generally accepted industrial hygiene practices. There were inherent limitations
created by constraints of time, operational and work practice variability, variations in
contaminant concentrations, and sampling and analytical accuracy. The results of the sampling
represent conditions found on the date the samples were collected.
RESULTS
ATC submitted one wipe sample for PCDDs/PCDFs to Pace for analysis. The sample area was
one square meter (1 m^). The location sampled was the Main Entrance - Lobby.
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