| Asbestos Testing - Why?
| |
| | - Avoid heating/cooling draughts
|
| Asbestos testing seeks to detect the
| |
| | - Minimize the handling time and amount
|
| presence of asbestos in any given
| |
| | - Spray the sample with fine water and/or
|
| material. When any asbestos containing
| |
| | detergent droplets
|
| material is disturbed, it releases very
| |
| | - Use a sharp knife to cut neatly through
|
| thin invisible fibers that may remain
| |
| | the whole depth
|
| suspended in the air for many hours, and
| |
| | - Place a plastic spread below the
|
| have a causative association with a
| |
| | collection area
|
| plethora of disease manifestations
| |
| | - Minimize exposure to self/those in the
|
| involving the epithelial lining of human
| |
| | vicinity
|
| visceral cavities, including the deadly
| |
| | - Handle the sample alone
|
| mesothelioma. Much asbestos containing
| |
| | - Wear gloves and mask
|
| material is being unearthed nowadays due
| |
| | - Drop neatly into an appropriate
|
| to intense remodeling and renovation of
| |
| | container
|
| old structures, dating back to days when
| |
| | After collection:
|
| asbestos was extensively used in
| |
| | - Minimize dispersal
|
| construction.
| |
| | - Proper sealing of the container
|
| Asbestos Testing- When?
| |
| | - Patching of the sampled area
|
| EPA's Sample List of Suspect
| |
| | - Proper disposal of the plastic spread
|
| Asbestos-Containing Materials Exit
| |
| | - Cleaning of the area
|
| Ecology lists the possible candidates for
| |
| | - Label the sample meticulously
|
| asbestos testing. When in doubt, err on
| |
| | Asbestos Testing
|
| the side of caution. Any surfacing agent
| |
| | Asbestos testing is carried out by a
|
| or thermal insulation material used in
| |
| | certified laboratory using polarized
|
| buildings constructed earlier than 1980
| |
| | light microscopy (PLM) as per the EPA
|
| is presumed as containing asbestos (WISHA
| |
| | recommendations.
|
| Interim Interpretive Memorandum #99-1-C,
| |
| | Asbestos Testing- Results and
|
| January 19, 1999), until proved otherwise
| |
| | Interpretation
|
| by laboratory analysis.
| |
| | This form of asbestos testing is
|
| Asbestos Sampling
| |
| | qualitative as well as quantitative .The
|
| Precautions
| |
| | results are given as the percentage (1 to
|
| Before collection:
| |
| | 100) and type of asbestos (chrysotile or
|
| - By either specialized laboratory
| |
| | white asbestos, Amosite or brown
|
| personnel or under guidance.
| |
| | asbestos, and Crocidolite or blue
|
| During collection:
| |
| | asbestos).
|
| - Minimize dispersal of fibers
| |
| |
|
