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    Identification of hot water tank jacket/insulation

    Why are you getting personal? I ask so I don't duped by companies and there are some materials that are clearly identified as asbestos/not asbestos. The difference is that there are people here who are helpful where as you are not being helpful atm.
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    Identification of hot water tank jacket/insulation

    It's genuine. If you biopsy your lung right now you will find asbestos fibres inside of them from natural air pollution.
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    Identification of hot water tank jacket/insulation

    There is naturally thousands of them floating around in our air and we inhale a massive load. The problem is when you inhale a sufficient dose in one sitting or prolonged over time - and this can give rise to an increase in asbestosis (similar to COPD/emphysema) and mesothelioma (cancer of the...
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    Identification of hot water tank jacket/insulation

    Cheers Nigel. Here is a few close ups of it all peeled back. I conducted my own experiment and took a blow torch to it (live and let live). Fibreglass turns into small black bead looking things when burned and asbestos glows yellow/hot white. This did none of that. But even looking at this...
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    Identification of hot water tank jacket/insulation

    Cheers As you can see the whole thing is shredded open and been like that for sometime. Think it is time to get rid of it. Are you confident in your ID (not asbestos)?
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    Identification of hot water tank jacket/insulation

    It's been exposed like this for awhile now. From what I know, some materials are more likely to contain asbestos than others. I'm curious as to whether or not this is one of them (insulating jacket) and if it appears *like* fibreglass. Does it look like fibreglass to you?
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    Identification of hot water tank jacket/insulation

    Hi mate, Green/turqoise plastic cover. Added in some additional photos.
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