Breathing in dust, asbestos etc
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If you think you've been exposed to asbestos - the first thing you should do is quit smoking.
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risk of cancer from breathing asbestos - 5 times higher (than non infected) for non-smoker, 28 x higher for smoker
How old is this house? Best to take no chances, and wear respirator and dust proof overhauls.
Far worse things in abundance.
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The crap food most ppl eat.lack of exercise,,,will kill most,long before asbestos.Far worse things in abundance.
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Mention the word asbestos and people start to panic.
A local primary school found some white asbestos boards in a roof space.
The school was evacuated and an exclusion zone was set up around the school gym ,blokes in white overalls with hoods and respirator masks entered the gym to remove the boards.
They treated the whole operation like this stuff was radio active.
After they had removed the offending material they brought someone into test the air quality.
This school was built decades ago and thousands of kids have passed through it and to my knowledge not many if any kids have contracted an asbestos related illness.
A local primary school found some white asbestos boards in a roof space.
The school was evacuated and an exclusion zone was set up around the school gym ,blokes in white overalls with hoods and respirator masks entered the gym to remove the boards.
They treated the whole operation like this stuff was radio active.
After they had removed the offending material they brought someone into test the air quality.
This school was built decades ago and thousands of kids have passed through it and to my knowledge not many if any kids have contracted an asbestos related illness.
Problem is schools are possibly the hardest place to manage asbestos. You could have the best Asbestos management plan, does not stop a football going through a AIB ceiling tile, or disturbing other ACM.
Not endorsing any products but there seems to be kits on the market you can use to check for asbestos.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Azzikit-Asbestos-Sampling-Complete-equipment/dp/B06Y1B3C7N
Loads more if you Google.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Azzikit-Asbestos-Sampling-Complete-equipment/dp/B06Y1B3C7N
Loads more if you Google.
they're just means of posting the samples to the lab anyway.
They're the equivalent of using Just Ear to order your curry, instead of calling the curry house direct.
They're the equivalent of using Just Ear to order your curry, instead of calling the curry house direct.
If you have a decent grasp of health and safety/Asbestos I don't see an issue. Having said that, when I got a surveyor to sample the Artex I feel sure he didn't wear a mask!
Therefore demonstrating that you don't have a "decent grasp of health and safety" (at least with regard to the artex sampling).
It's the surveyors job to wear a mask. He seemed very confident before hand that there wouldn't be any asbestos in it, luckily it came back clear!
