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Activities to improve EPA’s ability to perform meaningful asbestos sample collection

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NEWS UPDATE:

EPA is working to develop improved sampling and collection techniques involving actual scenarios that disturb asbestos contaminated bulk materials(soils, dusts, insulation). This information will facilitate better understanding of likely human exposures to asbestos and risks.

EPA has developed a draft standard operating procedure for using a glove box equipped with air monitoring equipment to collect samples for microscopic analysis in order to determine7 Key EPA Asbestos Activities whether asbestos in soil or other solid matrices will become airborne when disturbed. This method will undergo peer review.

EPA is developing a new analytical method for addressing asbestos contamination and exposures at Superfund sites. This method will allow for improved risk assessment, exposure characterization, and comparison of critical information between the individual sites.

Courtesy of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency