Open AccessAsbestos in Vermont schools: findings of a statewide on-site investigation.
Author(s) -
Lloyd F. Novick,
Carol Rice,
Mary Anne Freedman,
David A. Jillson
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.71.7.744
Subject(s) - asbestos , ceiling (cloud) , environmental health , medicine , geography , materials science , meteorology , metallurgy
Materials containing asbestos were found in 75 per cent of 336 Vermont Schools constructed or renovated between 1946 and 1974, with two-fifths of the materials in student exposure areas. Findings from visits to all schools contrasted with an earlier investigation relying on self-reporting. Of 105 schools with student exposure disclosed by the current survey, only eight had been identified in the earlier effort. Ceiling tiles, previously not believed to contain substantial asbestos material, constituted a source of student exposure in 36 schools.