Asbestos in Colorado Schools

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• Alternative Title:
  Public Health Rep
• Journal Article:
  Public Health Reports
• Personal Author:
  Baldwin, Cynthia A. ; Beaulieu, Harry J. ; Buchan, Roy M. ; Johnson, Hans H.
• Description:
  A survey was made of 41 public schools in Colorado to determine the extent of asbestos (1332214) exposure to the students and faculty. Bulk samples were taken of all friable materials that might contain asbestos, including ceiling tiles, pipe lagging, sprayed materials, and jackets on boilers and furnaces. A total of 113 samples of friable materials were collected. Preliminary screening of those samples with the K2 test method yielded only 12 negative results. Of the 101 samples which tested positive in the K2 test, further study revealed that 56 of them actually contained asbestos including chrysotile (12001295), actinolite (13768008), amosite (12172735), and crocidolite (12001284). Twelve of the positive test results were obtained from material which had been sprayed on the ceilings. Of the remaining positive samples, 18 came from buildings built before 1946, 22 from buildings built between 1946 and 1973, and four from buildings built after 1973; these samples were primarily from pipe lagging. The authors conclude that if the potential exposure values for the small number of schools surveyed are typical of the values that may be found in other schools in the state of Colorado, a health problem exists which is of considerable magnitude. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Asbestos Construction Materials Dust Environmental Exposure Hazardous Substances Inorganic Chemicals Occupational Health Research Article Safety Schools

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• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Grant; NIOSH-Publication; Grants-other; Asbestos-products; Insulation-materials; Airborne-fibers; Teaching; Asbestos-dust
• Source:
  Public Health Rep 1982 Jul; 97(4):325-331
• ISSN:
  0033-3549
• Pubmed ID:
  7111655
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMCnull
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  1R18 OH 01053-1/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  7 pdf pages
• Volume:
  97
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00187034
• Contact Point Address:
  Inst of Rural Environ Health Colorado State University 110 Vet Science Building Fort Collins, Colo 80523
• CAS Registry Number:
  Actinolite (Ca2[(Mg0.5-0.89Fe0.11-0.5)4.5-5Al0-0.5](Si7.5-8Al0-0.5)(OH)2O22) (CAS RN 12172-67-7) ; Amosite asbestos (CAS RN 12172-73-5) ; Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4) ; Chrysotile (CAS RN 12001-29-5) ; Crocidolite asbestos (CAS RN 12001-28-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• NORA Priority Area:
  Other Occupational Concerns ; Grants Other
• Performing Organization:
  Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Public Health Reports
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7b1169a4f75bc23e8d8c928c6d50a400462454421858c3d4fd1032e49316ae3ea315695d70b9108eb200dc726b6b685a39cb21b6b3ec43bed9b0167ec68b5435
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/65885/cdc_65885_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.57 MB ]