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August 1, 2002: High Asbestos Level Found in School near Ground Zero

2002-08-01

An environmental engineer tests Stuyvesant High School’s carpets and fabrics for contamination using the ultrasonication method and finds an extremely high concentration of 60,000 to 2.5 million structures of asbestos per square centimeter in the school’s carpets. The Department of Education claims the results are “inconclusive.” [H.A. Bader Consultants, 8/2/2002 pdf file; Jenkins, 8/29/2002 pdf file; Kupferman, 2003 pdf file]