Total Dust and Asbestos Concentrations during Asbestos-Containing Materials Abatement in Korea
- Authors
- Lee, J. G.; Lee, K. H.; Choi, H., I; Moon, H. L.; Byeon, S. H.
- Issue Date
- 2012
- Publisher
- UNIV TEHRAN
- Keywords
- Abatement; Asbestos; Indoor; Interior materials; Ceiling textile; Baumlite board
- Citation
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, v.6, no.4, pp.849 - 852
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
- Volume
- 6
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 849
- End Page
- 852
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/106627
- ISSN
- 1735-6865
- Abstract
- This study was performed during the abatement of two asbestos-containing materials (ACM): baumlite board (cement flat board) and ceiling textile. The concentrations of total dust for personal sampling were 0.28 and 1.70 mg/m(3) during baumlite board and ceiling textile abatements, respectively, when calculated with 8-hr time-weighted average (TWA). The geometric mean (GM) asbestos concentrations were 0.005 +/- 1.9 and 0.007 +/- 1.6 f/cc for personal sampling and 0.004 +/- 1.1 and 0.008 +/- 1.6 f/cc for area sampling with 8-hr TWA, respectively. Asbestos exposure concentrations were not significantly different during abatement of the two materials (p>0.05). Further, no statistical difference existed between personal and area samples during the two abatements (p>0.05). The concentrations of personal and area samples during both abatements were below the occupational exposure limit (OEL: 0.1 f/cc) of the Korean Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL). The correlation between total dust and asbestos concentrations was low throughout both abatements.
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