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HAZARDOUS BUILDING MATERIALS IS VERMICULITE ASBESTOS it is most likely that most vermiculite is non asbestos methods of asbestos bulk sample analysis
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· Summary Report Exposure to Asbestos Containing Vermiculite from Libby Montana at 28 Processing Sites in the United States Photographer Unknown
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Translation The PCM analysis not only counts asbestos fibers but also non asbestos fibers It cannot distinguish between asbestos fifers and non asbestos fibers After fibers are detected by the PCM method a TEM analysis is conducted to determine if the fibers are Asbestiform or not As such sometimes there are fibers found in vermiculite that are not asbestos The vermiculite
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