Removed basement tile that tested positive for 2% Chrysotile - kids also exposed

Not much you can do, but to get X-rayed or whatever they do and use to detect or confirm lung deposits...in 10 or 20-years. Symptoms, complications and diseases from asbestos inhalation don't show up for quite a while and so far there's no asbestos removal ability or success, not even arthroscopically. However, the lungs do breakdown some of the asbestos and respiratory infections (i.e. colds and flu's) pick up and expel some more particles.

- But, the Wet Clean Up Company should be doing an air-test after the clean up, it's required as far as I've heard. They have to check their work and have to redo their work until it passes the air-testing. However, asbestos particles (all types) are all around us and in everyone's air, so you had lung deposits before you started, the kids may not have...its an age and time thing.

- So no, you can't get away from it and can only avoid accidental exposures by the use of water to keep the particles from becoming, staying and re-becoming airborne. However, the 2% isn't anything alarming and is the same or less than the most mild roofing, siding and drywall asbestos containing products, which don't require nor even suggest special handling, remediation companies nor permits.

- You learned a valuable lesson that most people don't. They, hire someone to do something and it's done. There's never any question, whole house clean up, proper work area containment nor even disposal precautions or warnings to anyone else...following the dumpster down the road, at the refuse center nor the landfill. Does that or your situation matter? No, not at all.

- Hygiene "was" the cause of diseases and cancers, but then we had "Medicine" and "magically" disease and cancer was reborn and only exploded and continues to explode to spread wider and farther than ever before. Sorry but, as proven in every family tree, heredity has nothing to do with you getting or avoiding disease or cancer. You and your kids will get something and multiple things, it's the world we've allowed.

Asbestos fibers can be harmful when inhaled, so it's important to take proper precautions when working with or around asbestos-containing materials. If the tile removal was done correctly, by a certified and trained professional, following all the safety guidelines and regulations, and the wet cleaning was done properly, then the risk to you and your children should be minimal. However, it is still good to have an air test done to confirm that the area is safe to reoccupy. If the air test reveals high levels of asbestos fibers, it's best to consult with a professional abatement company to address the issue.