I unsnipped it so we know what we're talking about. You mention 2 sources of info there, neither of which I would consider reliable.
'I read somewhere' is anything but reliable. 'Told this by a company that makes fat profits out of people believing this nonsense' is also not a reliable source.
So I'm pretty sure those 2 are not to be relied on.
health
Blue asbestos products contain blue asbestos. Brown asbestos products contain brown asbestos. Normally white asbestos products contain only white asbestos.
A minority do also contain a very small percentage of blue or brown, and it can only be a very small level, else the product would become blue or brown. But since it is bonded into the cement, it is still not a significant issue. The many people that have died from asbestosis did so as a result of working with the dangerous ones, not bonded in any cement matrix, day in day out, for years. Perspective is all important in safety questions. Its like the difference between doing 10mph and
100mph.
Its pointless, why would one saw it? If we were still building with it, there would be a reason to, and we would know the products in question were chrysotile only.
It also wrecks the saw, its extremely hard stuff. I know that from drilling it.
or possibly not prepared to read it and find out that you arent taking a gamble, as was previously thought. Its only a gamble if there is some sound evidence that says its a gamble, and there isnt, not with chrysotile cement sheeting. The 80s evidence has been found to be thoroughly flawed on that, and the newer study, which does look at health of asbsetos workers, shows no risk at all for chrysotile.
A large number of the substances we come into contact with daily have never been studied for safety, it is only when we find a verifiable problem from data that we need to think about doing something about it. I expect in 200 years this will have changed, and every known substance toxicity tested, and inevitably some things we think are innocuous today will be found to be toxic in some way.
There are real risks in life, getting hung up over a non risk only diverts attention from the real issues. You have a 50% chance of dying from heart disease or cancer, and a good 50%+ of those are preventable. Sometimes a reality chekc is called for!
livelihood
yes, and the ethical standards of the asbestos removal industry is not rock bottom, but not too far off. It is one of those industries that is mostly just scam. Theres a website about some of these scammy industries somewhere...
ok, just most to all then.
Especialy
I was making the point that you or other diyers could easily dispose of it legally for free. You paid only because you chose to.
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