ASBESTOS ASSESSMENT
For Lower Manhattan

The EPA has announced a plan to test dust that may remain in Lower Manhattan homes and commercial spaces from the collapse of the World Trade Center buildings. The assessment program will determine whether levels of four contaminants of potential concern, including asbestos, exceed cleanup benchmarks. Under a previous test-and-clean program launched in 2002, the Agency cleaned and/or tested more than 4,100 homes for asbestos in the air.

The EPA has also taken the lead in coordinating the efforts of federal, state and city agencies to ensure that buildings breached by the World Trade Center that are now slated for demolition are taken down in a manner that protects the health of people who live and work in the area.

Courtesy of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency