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The lab's analytical results [pdf]
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These results were paid for under a contract by Planet Waves, Inc.

- Eric Francis

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GAGE 2 -

1254 47 ppm
1260 33 ppm

Gage basement kitchen lounge vent, dust and scraping, where I had previously obtained a sample with 100 parts-per-million polychlorinated biphenyl contamination, as repeatedly reported in Woodstock Times in the summer of 1994.

THIS IS CLOSE TO THE 100 PPM THAT THE VENT PRODUCED IN 1993, REPORTED 1994
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This was a bulk sample taken from inside the vent as well as collecting any available dust from the grille. THIS ROOM HAS PREVIOUSLY TESTED FOR TCDD.

GAGE 1 -

1254 4.8 ppm
1260 2.8 ppm

Chunk of ceiling tile from basement lounge in the same room, near the television set, at the opposite end of the room from the kitchen vent. THIS PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN HIGHER HAD I DONE A WIPE ON THE INSIDE SURFACE OF THE TILE, THE ONE EXPOSED TO THE BUILDING'S INNER SPACE.

GAGE 3 -

1254 2 ppm
1260 0.77 ppm

Gage basement crawl space, near back door, near elevator, bottom dry sediment sample below ground level. I believe this to be the first time this sediment has been sampled for testing.

GAGE 4 -

1254 0.4 ppm
1260 0.53 ppm (corrected from prior post, was reported as .053)

Gage radiator in back door foyer way of basement. This was a dust sample from a dusty radiator collected inside the radiator grille, accessed by the hinged door. I believe this to be the first time the heating system was sampled in Gage Hall. Upon information and belief, the heat system in Bliss Residence Hall was determined in 1992 to have been a pathway of PCB contamination after Gage Residence Hall was opened to students, but to my knowledge, upon extensive research, the Gage heating system was never tested.

CAPEN 3 -

1254 15 ppm
1260 7.6 ppm

Capen laundry room exhaust duct near the left side of the room as one entering the room faces into the room, above a dryer, and scraped and bulk material sample from an extremely dusty exhaust vent, accessed by removing the grille.

THIS IS THE FIRST TEST OF A CAPEN VENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE INCIDENT.

CAPEN 1-

1254 7.2 ppm
1260 2.5 ppm

Capen radiator dust sample, near room B 00 outer foyer, inside grille, accessed by removing the entire front panel of the radiator.

THIS IS THE FIRST TEST OF CAPEN HEAT IN THE HISTORY OF THE INCIDENT.

These laundry room vents are extremely dusty.

CAPEN 2 -

1254 1.4 micrograms
1260 n/d

Capen basement electrical access area wipe sample. Denatured alcohol in cotton cloth was used as a solvent to wipe down electrical wires, the inside of the access doorway and to collect dust hanging from the wires. This was taken from a relatively small area - the surface of a few feet of wire, a bit of loose dust, and the inside of the door.

THIS IS RIGHT OUTSIDE A STUDENT ROOM. ++