2000
DOI: 10.1159/000057507
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A Study of Area and Personal Airborne Asbestos Samples during Abatement in a Crawl Space

Abstract: Air sample data were collected during asbestos abatement of two buildings using area and personal sampling methods. Abatement involved removal of pipe insulation from crawl spaces. The two sampling methods were compared to determine if there was a relationship between them. A relationship was observed between area and personal airborne samples in building 2 as determined by correlation and regression but is most likely due to chance. One major outlier was detected for both area and personal measurement sample … Show more

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“…However, personal samples reveal unacceptably asbestos concentrations during the ACM abatement project. The findings that area samples grossly under-estimate worker exposure are consistent with other such research (Lange et al 1996;Lange 2003;Lange et al 2000).…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 90%
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“…However, personal samples reveal unacceptably asbestos concentrations during the ACM abatement project. The findings that area samples grossly under-estimate worker exposure are consistent with other such research (Lange et al 1996;Lange 2003;Lange et al 2000).…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 90%
“…With amosite, the effectiveness of wetting can be augmented by the mere addition of soap to water, while using warm water may also increase the efficacy of the technique. While this should help in successfully abating airborne fibres, it may not on its own sufficiently decrease the highly elevated levels encountered in the enclosure (Lange et al 2000;Sawyer et al 1985;Brown 1990).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…This is based on the premise that personal air samples are for 'compliance purposes and not part of a protocol in a scientific project' [32]. Such an assumption is fallacious based on the concept that controls employed in abatement industries are primarily for occupational protection [4,6,12,33,34]. Although it is true that these controls also provide information for protection to the environment and public (public health) [5].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although it is true that these controls also provide information for protection to the environment and public (public health) [5]. Previous studies have suggested that occupational exposure (personal) sampling and area sampling are not related [21,31,33,[35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43] and provide statistically different exposure concentrations [21,33,35]. Comparison studies have further shown that personal (occupational) measurements are often statistically greater in concentration than area samples [21, 33,35].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%