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OBSERVATIONS ON ASBESTOS RELEASE DURING DEMOLITION ACTIVITIES
Citation:
Wilmoth, R. AND B. Hollett. OBSERVATIONS ON ASBESTOS RELEASE DURING DEMOLITION ACTIVITIES. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/A-93/040 (NTIS PB93167179), 1992.
Description:
The Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory has monitored block-wide building demolition and debris disposal activities at Santa Cruz and Watsonville, California following the earthquake, an implosion demolition of a 26-story building in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the demolition of two school buildings in Fairbanks, Alaska to evaluate if the demolition activities and their associated dust control practices were able to prevent downwind elevations of asbestos concentrations. he analyses of the air samples were performed using the Transmission Electron Microscope for ambient air levels. ersonnel monitoring at the Santa Cruz landfill and the Fairbanks landfill during disposal activities were analyzed by both TEN and phase contrast microscopy. he paper will document the conditions of the buildings, demolition practices, dust control practices, and up and downwind asbestos concentrations during demolition.
