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359 DRESHER ROAD HORSHAM, PA 19044
(215) 672-6088 FAX (215) 443-0899
WEB SITE: http://www.eagleih.com
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATES, INC.
October 7, 2016 Mr. Robert Whartenby Facilities Manager Bensalem Township School District 3000 Donallen Drive Bensalem, PA 19020 Dear Mr. Whartenby, Diagnostic asbestos air samples and airborne mold air samples were collected at Bensalem High School on September 22, 2016. Asbestos Air Samples Six (6) diagnostic asbestos air samples were collected in selected corridor locations throughout both floors of the school facility. Phase Contrast Microscopy (PCM) analysis of these samples exhibited results of 0.004 fibers per cubic centimeter (f/cc) or less for all samples. These analysis results meet AHERA’s PCM air clearance standard following asbestos abatement procedures, and provide evidence that an airborne asbestos hazard did not exist within the areas sampled at the time of sampling. Please find enclosed the test report sheets for these air samples detailing analysis results and sample locations. Mold Air Samples Air samples were collected for analysis of airborne mold spores and other fungal structures. The following table is a summary of the analysis of the samples. Data detailing the quantities of individual spore types are outlined on the laboratory data pages included with this report.
Sample Location Total Count
Concentration (structures/m3)
Outdoors, Main Entrance 13,000
First Floor, Corridor, outside Room 105 1,100
First Floor, Corridor, outside Room 149 240
First Floor, Corridor, outside Room 136 170
Second Floor, Corridor, outside Room 260 240
Second Floor, Corridor, corner adjacent Room 203 170
Sample Location Total Count
Concentration (structures/m3)
Second Floor, Corridor, outside Room 220 1,000
Outdoors, South Side of School 15,000
Airborne mold sample results measured indoors were below the outdoor samples and had similar population dispersions. This is the desired condition inside a building regarding airborne mold spores. If you have any questions, please contact me at anytime. Sincerely,
Keith E. Crawford, CIH President
Report #150899 – Page 2
TEST REPORTAIRBORNE FIBERS
Project #: 150899 _____________________________
Lab Report #: 1609127
Collection Date: 09/22/2016
Receipt Date: 09/23/2016 _____________________________
Analysis Date: 09/26/2016 Laboratory Director
Report Date: 09/26/2016
Client: Bensalem Township School District
Site: Bensalem High School
Method: NIOSH 7400 - Issue 2
Field Sample # TM 092201 Eagle # E 16092333
Description: Blank <7.006 f/mm2
Field Sample # TM 092202 Eagle # E 16092334
Description: Blank <7.006 f/mm2
Field Sample # TM 092203 Eagle # E 16092335
Description: Diagnostic, 1st Floor, Corridor, outside 105
Volume: 1135 L Fiber Density: 12.357 f/mm2
Concentration: 0.004 f/cc
Field Sample # TM 092204 Eagle # E 16092336
Description: Diagnostic, 1st Floor, Corridor, outside 149
Volume: 1137 L Fiber Density: 11.083 f/mm2
Concentration: 0.004 f/cc
Field Sample # TM 092205 Eagle # E 16092337
Description: Diagnostic, 1st Floor, Corridor, outside 136
Volume: 1140 L Fiber Density: 10.446 f/mm2
Concentration: 0.004 f/cc
Field Sample # TM 092206 Eagle # E 16092338
Description: Diagnostic, 2nd Floor, Corridor, outside 220
Volume: 1188 L Fiber Density: 9.172 f/mm2
Concentration: 0.003 f/cc
Field Sample # TM 092207 Eagle # E 16092339
Description: Diagnostic, 2nd Floor, Corridor, outside Boys Room adjacent Audion
Volume: 1152 L Fiber Density: 9.172 f/mm2
Concentration: 0.003 f/cc
Field Sample # TM 092208 Eagle # E 16092340
Description: Diagnostic, 2nd Floor, Corridor, outside 260
Volume: 1176 L Fiber Density: 6.624 f/mm2
Concentration: 0.002 f/cc
Industrial Hygiene Associates, Inc.
Analyst:
Reviewed By:
Note: The scope of this report pertains only to those items listed above and analyzed at the Eagle Industrial Hygiene Associates laboratory.
Limit of Detection (LOD) =7 f/mm2 CV Values 0-20=0.17, 20-50=0.13, 50-100=0.15
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Eagle Industrial Hygiene Associates, Inc.
359 Dresher Road
Horsham, PA 19044
215-672-6088 (office)
215-443-0899 (fax)
www.eagleih.com
Client: Bensalem Township School District
300 Donallen Drive
Bensalem, PA 19020
Location: Bensalem High School
Field Sample #: TM092209 Project #: 150899
Sample Description: Lab #: 1609128
Eagle #: E16092341
Fungal Structure Identification
Fungal
Structures
Counted
Area of
Sample
Viewed (%)
Concentration
(structures/m3)
Alternaria 4 20 140
ascospores (undifferentiated) 76 20 2,600
Aspergillus/Penicillium- like 2 20 68
basidiospores (undifferentiated) 83 20 2,800
Botrytis ND 20 <34
Cercospora 1 20 34
Chaetomium ND 20 <34
Cladosporium 188 20 6,300
Curvularia 1 20 34
Drechslera/Bipolaris -like ND 20 <34
Epicoccum 1 20 34
Gnomonia tenella ND 20 <34
Helicomyces ND 20 <34
Paecilomyces 14 20 470
Pithomyces 5 20 170
Polythrincium ND 20 <34
smuts/Myxomycetes/Periconia ND 20 <34
Stachybotrys/Memnoniella ND 20 <34
Torula ND 20 <34
Ulocladium ND 20 <34
Zygophiala ND 20 <34
conidiospores ND 20 <34
hyphal fragments 5 20 170miscellaneous/unspecified spores ND 20 <34
TOTAL 380 13,000
Background Debris (0 - 5) 2
Structures/m3
Results reported as Structures per Cubic Meter of Air (structures/m3)
AIRBORNE FUNGAL STRUCTURE SAMPLE ANALYSIS
The minimum reporting limit for this sample is 34
Outdoors, Main Entrace
ND = None Detected
The reported total structure concentration may not be equal to the sum of the reported individual spore type concentrations due to the rounding of these numbers to two significant digits.
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Eagle Industrial Hygiene Associates, Inc.
359 Dresher Road
Horsham, PA 19044
215-672-6088 (office)
215-443-0899 (fax)
www.eagleih.com
Client: Bensalem Township School District
300 Donallen Drive
Bensalem, PA 19020
Location: Bensalem High School
Field Sample #: TM092210 Project #: 150899
Sample Description: Lab #: 1609128
Eagle #: E16092342
Fungal Structure Identification
Fungal
Structures
Counted
Area of
Sample
Viewed (%)
Concentration
(structures/m3)
Alternaria ND 20 <34
ascospores (undifferentiated) 4 20 140
Aspergillus/Penicillium- like ND 20 <34
basidiospores (undifferentiated) 12 20 400
Botrytis ND 20 <34
Cercospora ND 20 <34
Chaetomium ND 20 <34
Cladosporium 17 20 570
Curvularia ND 20 <34
Drechslera/Bipolaris -like ND 20 <34
Epicoccum ND 20 <34
Gnomonia tenella ND 20 <34
Helicomyces ND 20 <34
Paecilomyces 1 20 34
Pithomyces ND 20 <34
Polythrincium ND 20 <34
smuts/Myxomycetes/Periconia ND 20 <34
Stachybotrys/Memnoniella ND 20 <34
Torula ND 20 <34
Ulocladium ND 20 <34
Zygophiala ND 20 <34
conidiospores ND 20 <34
hyphal fragments ND 20 <34miscellaneous/unspecified spores ND 20 <34
TOTAL 34 1,100
Background Debris (0 - 5) 3
Structures/m3
First Floor, Corridor, outside
105
AIRBORNE FUNGAL STRUCTURE SAMPLE ANALYSIS
Results reported as Structures per Cubic Meter of Air (structures/m3)
The minimum reporting limit for this sample is 34
ND = None Detected
The reported total structure concentration may not be equal to the sum of the reported individual spore type concentrations due to the rounding of these numbers to two significant digits.
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Eagle Industrial Hygiene Associates, Inc.
359 Dresher Road
Horsham, PA 19044
215-672-6088 (office)
215-443-0899 (fax)
www.eagleih.com
Client: Bensalem Township School District
300 Donallen Drive
Bensalem, PA 19020
Location: Bensalem High School
Field Sample #: TM092211 Project #: 150899
Sample Description: Lab #: 1609128
Eagle #: E16092343
Fungal Structure Identification
Fungal
Structures
Counted
Area of
Sample
Viewed (%)
Concentration
(structures/m3)
Alternaria ND 20 <34
ascospores (undifferentiated) 2 20 68
Aspergillus/Penicillium- like ND 20 <34
basidiospores (undifferentiated) ND 20 <34
Botrytis ND 20 <34
Cercospora ND 20 <34
Chaetomium ND 20 <34
Cladosporium 3 20 100
Curvularia ND 20 <34
Drechslera/Bipolaris -like ND 20 <34
Epicoccum ND 20 <34
Gnomonia tenella ND 20 <34
Helicomyces ND 20 <34
Paecilomyces ND 20 <34
Pithomyces 1 20 34
Polythrincium ND 20 <34
smuts/Myxomycetes/Periconia ND 20 <34
Stachybotrys/Memnoniella ND 20 <34
Torula ND 20 <34
Ulocladium ND 20 <34
Zygophiala ND 20 <34
conidiospores ND 20 <34
hyphal fragments 1 20 34miscellaneous/unspecified spores ND 20 <34
TOTAL 7 240
Background Debris (0 - 5) 3
Structures/m3
First Floor, Corridor, outside
149
AIRBORNE FUNGAL STRUCTURE SAMPLE ANALYSIS
Results reported as Structures per Cubic Meter of Air (structures/m3)
The minimum reporting limit for this sample is 34
ND = None Detected
The reported total structure concentration may not be equal to the sum of the reported individual spore type concentrations due to the rounding of these numbers to two significant digits.
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Eagle Industrial Hygiene Associates, Inc.
359 Dresher Road
Horsham, PA 19044
215-672-6088 (office)
215-443-0899 (fax)
www.eagleih.com
Client: Bensalem Township School District
300 Donallen Drive
Bensalem, PA 19020
Location: Bensalem High School
Field Sample #: TM092212 Project #: 150899
Sample Description: Lab #: 1609128
Eagle #: E16092344
Fungal Structure Identification
Fungal
Structures
Counted
Area of
Sample
Viewed (%)
Concentration
(structures/m3)
Alternaria ND 20 <34
ascospores (undifferentiated) ND 20 <34
Aspergillus/Penicillium- like ND 20 <34
basidiospores (undifferentiated) ND 20 <34
Botrytis ND 20 <34
Cercospora ND 20 <34
Chaetomium ND 20 <34
Cladosporium 4 20 140
Curvularia 1 20 34
Drechslera/Bipolaris -like ND 20 <34
Epicoccum ND 20 <34
Gnomonia tenella ND 20 <34
Helicomyces ND 20 <34
Paecilomyces ND 20 <34
Pithomyces ND 20 <34
Polythrincium ND 20 <34
smuts/Myxomycetes/Periconia ND 20 <34
Stachybotrys/Memnoniella ND 20 <34
Torula ND 20 <34
Ulocladium ND 20 <34
Zygophiala ND 20 <34
conidiospores ND 20 <34
hyphal fragments ND 20 <34miscellaneous/unspecified spores ND 20 <34
TOTAL 5 170
Background Debris (0 - 5) 3
Structures/m3
First Floor, Corridor, outside
136
AIRBORNE FUNGAL STRUCTURE SAMPLE ANALYSIS
Results reported as Structures per Cubic Meter of Air (structures/m3)
The minimum reporting limit for this sample is 34
ND = None Detected
The reported total structure concentration may not be equal to the sum of the reported individual spore type concentrations due to the rounding of these numbers to two significant digits.
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Eagle Industrial Hygiene Associates, Inc.
359 Dresher Road
Horsham, PA 19044
215-672-6088 (office)
215-443-0899 (fax)
www.eagleih.com
Client: Bensalem Township School District
300 Donallen Drive
Bensalem, PA 19020
Location: Bensalem High School
Field Sample #: TM092213 Project #: 150899
Sample Description: Lab #: 1609128
Eagle #: E16092345
Fungal Structure Identification
Fungal
Structures
Counted
Area of
Sample
Viewed (%)
Concentration
(structures/m3)
Alternaria ND 20 <34
ascospores (undifferentiated) 4 20 140
Aspergillus/Penicillium- like ND 20 <34
basidiospores (undifferentiated) 3 20 100
Botrytis ND 20 <34
Cercospora ND 20 <34
Chaetomium ND 20 <34
Cladosporium ND 20 <34
Curvularia ND 20 <34
Drechslera/Bipolaris -like ND 20 <34
Epicoccum ND 20 <34
Gnomonia tenella ND 20 <34
Helicomyces ND 20 <34
Paecilomyces ND 20 <34
Pithomyces ND 20 <34
Polythrincium ND 20 <34
smuts/Myxomycetes/Periconia ND 20 <34
Stachybotrys/Memnoniella ND 20 <34
Torula ND 20 <34
Ulocladium ND 20 <34
Zygophiala ND 20 <34
conidiospores ND 20 <34
hyphal fragments ND 20 <34miscellaneous/unspecified spores ND 20 <34
TOTAL 7 240
Background Debris (0 - 5) 2
Structures/m3
Second Floor, Corridor,
outside 260
AIRBORNE FUNGAL STRUCTURE SAMPLE ANALYSIS
Results reported as Structures per Cubic Meter of Air (structures/m3)
The minimum reporting limit for this sample is 34
ND = None Detected
The reported total structure concentration may not be equal to the sum of the reported individual spore type concentrations due to the rounding of these numbers to two significant digits.
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Eagle Industrial Hygiene Associates, Inc.
359 Dresher Road
Horsham, PA 19044
215-672-6088 (office)
215-443-0899 (fax)
www.eagleih.com
Client: Bensalem Township School District
300 Donallen Drive
Bensalem, PA 19020
Location: Bensalem High School
Field Sample #: TM092214 Project #: 150899
Sample Description: Lab #: 1609128
Eagle #: E16092346
Fungal Structure Identification
Fungal
Structures
Counted
Area of
Sample
Viewed (%)
Concentration
(structures/m3)
Alternaria ND 20 <34
ascospores (undifferentiated) 3 20 100
Aspergillus/Penicillium- like ND 20 <34
basidiospores (undifferentiated) ND 20 <34
Botrytis ND 20 <34
Cercospora ND 20 <34
Chaetomium ND 20 <34
Cladosporium 2 20 68
Curvularia ND 20 <34
Drechslera/Bipolaris -like ND 20 <34
Epicoccum ND 20 <34
Gnomonia tenella ND 20 <34
Helicomyces ND 20 <34
Paecilomyces ND 20 <34
Pithomyces ND 20 <34
Polythrincium ND 20 <34
smuts/Myxomycetes/Periconia ND 20 <34
Stachybotrys/Memnoniella ND 20 <34
Torula ND 20 <34
Ulocladium ND 20 <34
Zygophiala ND 20 <34
conidiospores ND 20 <34
hyphal fragments ND 20 <34miscellaneous/unspecified spores ND 20 <34
TOTAL 5 170
Background Debris (0 - 5) 3
Structures/m3
Second Floor, Corridor,
Corner adjacent 203
AIRBORNE FUNGAL STRUCTURE SAMPLE ANALYSIS
Results reported as Structures per Cubic Meter of Air (structures/m3)
The minimum reporting limit for this sample is 34
ND = None Detected
The reported total structure concentration may not be equal to the sum of the reported individual spore type concentrations due to the rounding of these numbers to two significant digits.
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Eagle Industrial Hygiene Associates, Inc.
359 Dresher Road
Horsham, PA 19044
215-672-6088 (office)
215-443-0899 (fax)
www.eagleih.com
Client: Bensalem Township School District
300 Donallen Drive
Bensalem, PA 19020
Location: Bensalem High School
Field Sample #: TM092215 Project #: 150899
Sample Description: Lab #: 1609128
Eagle #: E16092347
Fungal Structure Identification
Fungal
Structures
Counted
Area of
Sample
Viewed (%)
Concentration
(structures/m3)
Alternaria ND 20 <34
ascospores (undifferentiated) 5 20 170
Aspergillus/Penicillium- like ND 20 <34
basidiospores (undifferentiated) 5 20 170
Botrytis ND 20 <34
Cercospora ND 20 <34
Chaetomium ND 20 <34
Cladosporium 10 20 340
Curvularia ND 20 <34
Drechslera/Bipolaris -like ND 20 <34
Epicoccum 1 20 34
Gnomonia tenella ND 20 <34
Helicomyces ND 20 <34
Paecilomyces ND 20 <34
Pithomyces 7 20 240
Polythrincium ND 20 <34
smuts/Myxomycetes/Periconia ND 20 <34
Stachybotrys/Memnoniella ND 20 <34
Torula ND 20 <34
Ulocladium ND 20 <34
Zygophiala ND 20 <34
conidiospores ND 20 <34
hyphal fragments 2 20 68miscellaneous/unspecified spores ND 20 <34
TOTAL 30 1,000
Background Debris (0 - 5) 2
Structures/m3
Second Floor, Corridor,
outside 220
AIRBORNE FUNGAL STRUCTURE SAMPLE ANALYSIS
Results reported as Structures per Cubic Meter of Air (structures/m3)
The minimum reporting limit for this sample is 34
ND = None Detected
The reported total structure concentration may not be equal to the sum of the reported individual spore type concentrations due to the rounding of these numbers to two significant digits.
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Eagle Industrial Hygiene Associates, Inc.
359 Dresher Road
Horsham, PA 19044
215-672-6088 (office)
215-443-0899 (fax)
www.eagleih.com
Client: Bensalem Township School District
300 Donallen Drive
Bensalem, PA 19020
Location: Bensalem High School
Field Sample #: TM092216 Project #: 150899
Sample Description: Lab #: 1609128
Eagle #: E16092348
Fungal Structure Identification
Fungal
Structures
Counted
Area of
Sample
Viewed (%)
Concentration
(structures/m3)
Alternaria 16 20 540
ascospores (undifferentiated) 70 20 2,400
Aspergillus/Penicillium- like 12 20 400
basidiospores (undifferentiated) 101 20 3,400
Botrytis ND 20 <34
Cercospora ND 20 <34
Chaetomium ND 20 <34
Cladosporium 192 20 6,400
Curvularia 2 20 68
Drechslera/Bipolaris -like ND 20 <34
Epicoccum 3 20 100
Gnomonia tenella ND 20 <34
Helicomyces ND 20 <34
Paecilomyces 26 20 870
Pithomyces 10 20 340
Polythrincium ND 20 <34
smuts/Myxomycetes/Periconia 1 20 34
Stachybotrys/Memnoniella ND 20 <34
Torula ND 20 <34
Ulocladium ND 20 <34
Zygophiala ND 20 <34
conidiospores ND 20 <34
hyphal fragments 1 20 34miscellaneous/unspecified spores ND 20 <34
TOTAL 434 15,000
Background Debris (0 - 5) 2
Structures/m3
Outdoors, South Side of
School
AIRBORNE FUNGAL STRUCTURE SAMPLE ANALYSIS
Results reported as Structures per Cubic Meter of Air (structures/m3)
The minimum reporting limit for this sample is 34
ND = None Detected
The reported total structure concentration may not be equal to the sum of the reported individual spore type concentrations due to the rounding of these numbers to two significant digits.
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Eagle Industrial Hygiene Associates, Inc.
359 Dresher Road
Horsham, PA 19044
215-672-6088 (office)
215-443-0899 (fax)
www.eagleih.com
Receipt Date: 09/23/2016 Analyst: __________________________________
Paul Hurm
Analysis Date: 9/26&27/2016 Reviewed by: __________________________________
Don Schill, Laboratory Director
Report Date: 09/27/2016
ASTM D7391 - 09 "Standard Test Method for Categorization and Quantification of Airborne Fungal Structures in an Inertial Impaction Sample by Optical Microscopy" was used for the analysis of these samples.
20% of the sample surface (26 traverses) was viewed to count the fungal structures in the sample, unless otherwise noted.
Per method, when 100 counts for a given spore type or structure is reached, the number of traverses (percent of sample surface) viewed to that point is noted, and these values are used to calculate the concentration for the given spore or structure type. This stoppage rule does not apply to water related spores- all 26 traverses are counted.
The structure concentration calculation uses the percentage of the sample trace (number of traverses) viewed to count each spore or structure type and the sample air volume.
The calculated structure concentrations are reported to two significant figures. The total structure concentration may not equal the sum of the individual results due to the rounding of the individual values.
The detection limit for the area of the sample which was viewed is one fungal spore or structure.
400X magnification was used to view the sample, unless otherwise noted.
A background debris rating of 2 to 4 indicates particulate matter may obscure a portion of the sample surface and result in underreporting of fungal structures.
A background debris rating of 5 indicates the sample is overloaded with particulate matter and the fungal structures cannot be counted. A new sample should be collected at a shorter time interval, or other measures should be taken to reduce the particle load.
The analysis results are not blank corrected, unless otherwise noted.
Air-O-Cell slit impactor cassettes were used to collect the samples, unless otherwise stated.
See the chain of custody document for sample times or volumes, the date(s) of sampling, and the dateof receipt of the samples by the laboratory.
The samples were received in acceptable condition unless otherwise noted on the individual samplepage.
The analysis relates only to the samples tested, and the "scope" of this report pertains only to those items tested and listed as such on the individual pages of this document.
This report may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the expressed written consent from Eagle Industrial Hygiene Associates, Incorporated.
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Eagle Industrial Hygiene Associates, Inc.
359 Dresher Road
Horsham, PA 19044
215-672-6088 (office)
215-443-0899 (fax)
www.eagleih.com
Fungal Structure Library (Health Effects)
Predominately Outside
Alternaria : considered an allergen, involved in Type I allergies and Type III hypersensitivity
ascospores: majority are non-disease causing; usually occurring in high humidity or wet conditions
basidiospores: may produce toxins, involved in Type I allergies and Type III hypersensitivity
Bipolaris/Drechslera/Helminthosporium/Exserohilum : causes Type I allergic reactions and a
common cause of allergic fungal sinusitis
Curvularia : causes Type I allergic reactions and a common cause of allergic fungal sinusitis
Epicoccum : a common Type I allergen
Myxomycetes : known to cause Type I allergies
Pithomyces : not known to be allergenic or pathogenic
Torula : known to be involved in Type I allergies
Inside/Outside
Cladosporium : a common and important allergen, involved in Type I allergies and Type III
hypersensitivity
Penicillium/Aspergillus : common allergens, involved in Type I allergies and Type III hypersensitivity
Paecilomyces : considered an allergen, involved in Type I allergies and Type III hypersensitivity
Botrytis : considered an allergen, involved in Type I allergies and Type III hypersensitivity
Water Damage
Chaetomium : known to cause Type I allergies and hypersensitivity
Stachybotrys : a producer of mycotoxin, involved in Type I allergies and hypersensitivity
Ulocladium : a major allergen, involved in Type I allergies
NOTES:
Type I hypersensitivity: is an allergic reaction provoked by re-exposure to an allergen; examples are
allergies and hay fever.
Type II hypersensitivity: involves autoimmune diseases; examples are rheumatic fever and autoimmune
hemolytic anemia.
Type III hypersensitivity: involves the immune system giving an inflammatory response in the body;
examples are respiratory pneumonitis and Farmer's Lung.
LINK: www.epa.gov/mold
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