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KMID : 0895420100200020088
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Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Enviromental Hygiene
2010 Volume.20 No. 2 p.88 ~ p.93
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Releasing of asbestos fibers from the weathered asbestos cement slate roofing
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Kim Hyun-Wook
Park Gye-Young
Han Jin-Gu
Han Young-Sun
Hwang Bum-Gu
Lee Jun-Hyuk
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Abstract
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To confirm and quantify asbestos fibers released from the asbestos-cement slate roofs due to weathering, three houses, selected based on the year of built - 60’s, 70, and 80’s, were investigated. All of them were located in the downtown of Seoul. Rain or snow-melt water was collected from the roof in a 3.5 liter plastic bottle. A known amount of collected water was filtered on the 37 mm membrane filter, ashed in a muffle furnace, and subsequently treated with HCl to remove organic material. The treated remaining was refiltered on a 25mm membrane filter for PLM and PCM analyses. The NIOSH 7400 method was utilized for PCM counting. In addition, SEM/EDX was used to confirm the asbestos types. The results of this study showed that chrysotile fibers were confirmed by PLM in all samples analyzed. A significant amount of asbestos fibers were found in the water samples. The ranges of asbestos fibers counted from the samples collected in the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s were; 10,406.3~55,575.6 f/L, 5,218.8~38,126.2 f/L, and 2,906.3~7,798.6 f/L, respectively. As anticipated, concentrations of asbestos fibers increased with time of installment of the roofing material. We conclude that weathering can be a significant factor on the release of asbestos fibers from the asbestos cement products. Since asbestos fibers released into environment can be a source of significant health hazard, countermeasures, such as replacement, removal, and encapsulation of weathered asbestos slate, should be initiated immediately.
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KEYWORD
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asbestos, slate, roofing, weathering, rain water
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