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September 12, 2001: New York Environmental Department Begins Monitoring Air for Asbestos

2001-09-12

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) begins monitoring ambient outdoor air for asbestos. [New York City Department of Health, 9/12/2001] Couriers transport the air samples to laboratories, which immediately analyze them and obtain results within hours. [Environmental Protection Agency, 7/15/2004 pdf file ] The samples are tested using the outdated polarized light microscopy (PLM) technology (see September 12, 2001). [Kupferman, 2003 ]