HELP!!! will I die from asbestos exposure?

Course you'll die !! But I doubt from Asbestos, I've sawn it, drilled it, laid it on roofs and even cut it with a disc. Been for chest x-rays, no problems clear. Now there will be other who will frighten you to death with there replies, you'll see. Any particularly flowers you would like when it happens?

Thanks Keith,

Having looked on a few websites it does seem that risk through exposure to 'asbestos cement' is a liitle overhyped. Nothing i can do about it now anyway! i did think to myself that thousands of people around the world must have done a similar thing and they cant all be dead

It's probably white asbestos - in which case no real problem. If blue or another kind there could be a risk - but most of us have been in intimate contact with asbestos anyway by various routes down the years. You only live twice and you only die once!

Paul

Asbestos was an extremely common building material in the 1950s. The house I grew up in had drain pipes and soffit boards made of it and, even the kitchen work-tops made of some kind of asbestos compound!

I've always wondered how much of a danger that posed to my health. But I've made it to 50+ without a hitch...

Hank

"Marc" wrote in news:1172956090.308352.102630 @h3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

You're DOOMED, I say DOOMED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are gathered here today ...............

Sorry :-)

I'd settle for an asbestos coffin.

DG

I take it you're expecting to go somewhere warm? ;-))

Don.

Brilliant, Now that's what I call a sense of humour

The crematorium?

We'll do asbestos we can to find you one....

Do you want the kind that kills all known worms?

That's Domestos, not asbestos.

The message from "Marc" contains these words:

Unless you used an industrial vacuum, you've spread the asbestos particles everywhere...anyhow asbestos takes about 40 years to kill you, so I wouldn't worry too much! ;-)

On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 00:39:32 GMT, Anne Jackson mused:

Incorrect. If you used a vacuum that isn't set up for use in the removal of asbestos, domestic or otherwise, you have spread particles everywhere.

The main risk is dying from fright.

Or possibly being prosecuted by the council.

Other than that there is no risk at all.

The guy at my local dump throws a real wobbly if you go with asbestos, I'm curious to know what you are going to with it eventually, bury it perhaps? seems to be the traditional remedy :-)

No, I've a feeling they'd charge extra.

DG

Can't guarantee that, but with me safe in my asbestos coffin I was hoping on the outside I'd get "A set o' lean worms".

DG

Others have answered that, and the rational view seems to be "minimal"

That's a bit unfortunate, as the dust will be spread around. A reasonable precaution now might be to throw away the vacuum cleaner bag and any other disposable filters it may have, and wipe its insides down with a damp cloth that you then throw away. In theory, you should perhaps dispose of any clothes you were wearing that were exposed to a lot of dust, but a compromise would be to wash them all, with no other stuff in the washing machine. Theory states that fibres may remain in the washing machine.

as it is at the bottom of many people's gardens, I imagine.

Check your, and neighbouring, local authorities' asbestos policies. Some treat it as rather more dangerous than plutonium, others will let you tip it if you double-wrap and label it, and one or two will even collect it free. You shouldn't need to pay a private tip for that quantity.

No my local dump just took it. I think as long as it is bagged and sealed though.