Advances in Environmental Measurement Methods for Asbestos

STP Published: 1999

STP1342-EB

Advances in Environmental Measurement Methods for Asbestos

Editor(s): Beard/Rook

This comprehensive new volume focuses on the latest research advances in measurement methods, monitoring strategies, data interpretation, and quality assurance for asbestos in bulk building materials, as well as ambient, indoor and workplace air, water, and settled dust.

31 per-reviewed papers are divided into the following sections:

Measurement Methods For Asbestos In Bulk Building Materials examines polarized light microscopy, x-ray diffraction, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques. The performance and shortcomings of certain of regulatory methods were also discussed.

Measurement Methods For Asbestos In Ambient, Indoor And Workplace Air covers presentations on OSHA, EPA, and ISO methods for monitoring airborne asbestos by either phase contrast microscopy or TEM. It also explores research on technique for determining fiber length/diameter distributions and the depth of penetration of fibers into membrane filters.

Measurement Methods For Asbestos In Water reviews EPA and the American Water Works Association methods for monitoring asbestos in drinking water and research on improved sample preparation techniques.

Measurement Methods For Asbestos In Settled Dust contains controversial material on analytical methods employing TEM developed by ASTM Subcommittee D22.07 for monitoring asbestos in settled dust.

STP 1342 is a useful guide for asbestos consultants, asbestos analytical laboratories, industrial hygienists who specialize in asbestos, building owners and managers, and Federal and State governmental units responsible for asbestos regulations.

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Analysis of Asbestos in Bulk Materials—1980 to 1997

Robert L. Perkins

Comparison of Quantitative Techniques for Analysis of Bulk Asbestos Proficiency Testing Materials

Jennifer R. Verkouteren, Eric B. Steel, Eric S. Windsor, Robert L. Perkins

A Personal Perspective on Teaching Asbestos Analysis: Lessons from the Classroom and Laboratory

Peter M. Cooke

Bulk Asbestos Laboratory Programs in the United States—Seventeen Years in Retrospect

Bruce W. Harvey, J. Todd Ennis, Lisa C. Greene, Adrianne A. Leinbach

The Habit of Asbestiform Amphiboles: Implications for the Analysis of Bulk Samples

Ann G. Wylie

Asbestos Measurement in Soils and Bulk Materials: Sensitivity, Precision, and Interpretation — You have it All

D. Wayne Berman

A Validated Method for Gravimetric Determination of Low Concentrations of Asbestos in Bulk Materials

Eric J. Chatfield

“Internal Standard Addition” Method for Identifying Asbestos Containing Materials In Bulk Samples Containing Low Levels of Asbestos

Peter Frasca, John H. Newton, Robert J. De Malo

ASTM's Bulk Method: Where Are We, Where are We Headed, Where Should We Be Headed?

Ian M. Stewart

Strategy, Development and Laboratory Calibration of a Personal Passive Sampler for Monitoring the Asbestos Exposure of Maintenance Workers

Garry J. Burdett, Graham Revell

Direct-Reading Measurement of Fiber Length/Diameter Distributions

Paul A. Baron, Gregory J. Deye, Joseph E. Fernback, William G. Jones

International Organization for Standardization Methods for Determination of Asbestos in Air

Eric J. Chatfield

Proposed ASTM Method for the Determination of Asbestos in Air by TEM and Information on Interfering Fibers

James R. Millette, W. Randy Boltin, Patrick J. Clark, Kim A. Brackett

Shortcomings in Airborne Asbestos Analysis Filtered from New York State's Proficiency-Testing Data

James S. Webber, Alex G. Czuhanich, Laurie J. Carhart

Negative Exposure Assessments for Asbestos Floor Tile Work Practices

Andrew F. Oberta, Kenneth E. Fischer

The Use of Scanning Confocal Microscopy to Measure the Penetration of Asbestos into Membrane Filters

G. J. Burdett, G. Archenhold, A. R. Clarke, D. H. Hunter

Asbestos in Water Methods: EPA's 100.1 & 100.2 and AWWA's Standard Method 2570

James R. Millette, Pronda Few, Joseph A. Krewer

A Rapid Procedure for Preparation of Transmission Electron Microscopy Specimens from Polycarbonate Filters

Eric J. Chatfield

Measurements of Chrysotile Fiber Retention Efficiencies for Polycarbonate and Mixed Cellulose Ester Filters

Eric J. Chatfield

Sludge, Crud and Fish Guts: Creative Approaches to the Analysis of Non-Standard Water Samples for Asbestos

R. Mark Bailey, Meisheng Hu

Asbestos in Drinking Water Performance Evaluation Studies

Gary B. Collins, Paul W. Britton, Patrick J. Clark, Kim A. Brackett, Eric J. Chatfield

Proficiency Testing for all Fiber Sizes in Drinking Water: the Long and the Short of it

James S. Webber, Laurie J. Carhart, Alex G. Czuhanich

A Study of the Reproducibility of the Micro-Vac Technique As A Tool for the Assessment of Surface Contamination in Buildings with Asbestos-Containing Materials

R. L. Hatfield, J. A. Krewer, W. E. Longo

Dust and Airborne Concentrations - is There a Correlation?

Richard J. Lee, Drew R. Van Orden, Ian M. Stewart

Further Observations of Settled Asbestos Dust in Buildings

William M. Ewing

Some Statistical Principles in Asbestos Measurement and Their Application to Dust Sampling and Analysis

Douglas P. Fowler, Bertram P. Price

An Overview of Settled Dust Analytical Methods and Their Relative Effectiveness

Owen S. Crankshaw, Robert L. Perkins, Mmichael E. Beard

Applications of the ASTM Asbestos in Dust Method D5755

James R. Millette, Michael D. Mount

Eric J. Chatfield

Incorporating Dust Sampling into the Asbestos Management Program

Steve M. Hays

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Developed by Committee: D22

Pages: 425

DOI: 10.1520/STP1342-EB

ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-6210-5

ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-2616-9