Do It Yourself Asbestos Home Testing Kit
Posted on Sat, Mar. 25, 2006
DO IT YOURSELF
Asbestos testing kits affordable
GENE AUSTIN
Knight Ridder Newspapers
How can one have floor tile and popcorn ceilings tested for asbestos at a reasonable price? -C.F.
Kits for testing materials for asbestos are available online, and most are reasonably priced. An example is a $48 kit available at doit861@aol.com,www.air-techinternational.com. The price includes a laboratory fee for testing the samples you submit and shipping costs.
If the materials you describe were installed before about 1980, it is quite possible they contain asbestos. Before you try do-it-yourself testing, however, I urge you to read the information on asbestos at the Web site of the Environmental Protection Agency (www.epa.gov). Click on asbestos in the index and then the link to Asbestos in the Home. This site includes instructions for taking samples and also has a reference to a list of approved testing laboratories.
Gene Austin takes questions and comments via e-mail, at doit861@aol.com, and regular mail, at 1730 Blue Bell Pike, Blue Bell, PA 19422.
*** POSTED MARFH 28, 2006 ***