The Impact of Asbestos 

My Mum and Dad worked in the area around Cape Asbestos in Barking. I remember them telling me that there was dust covering cars and the streets around it and it often looked like it had been snowing. My Mum died in 2010 from pancreatic cancer, so probably not related to it. I used to work for BT in the City of London and my work involved going into telephone exchanges all over the City and South London. While working for BT I received a certificate informing me that I had been exposed to blue asbestos. It didn't tell me in which building specifically, so I can only assume it was used in all telephone exchanges. I have had a persistent cough for years and have been x-rayed and told that I don't have a problem caused by asbestos. I don't smoke, but do fear the worst, believing that it's just not been picked up yet. A friend died of exposure to it a couple of years ago. He went from extremely fit to death within a couple of years of diagnosis. It has been used in so many products. I recall using in in a rawlplug product.

I was looking to get hired in a job that is abestos removal and demolition but with the job not giving any detail to what that is and not needing any requirements since they'll train you and I not even knowing what that is I looked that up but nah I ain't doing that anymore 17 an hr ain't worth it

Just imagine not knowing whether you will die in 10 years, it’s so scary because you don’t know and you have to wait years to find out

I found a study of deaths in the 40s that said 18% of asbestos factory workers who worked in "dusty" rooms and had died had cancer and/or asbestosis. That's a high number, but these men worked 20+ years every day with it in the 40s where protection was minimal. Can anybody tell me what the risk of occasional exposure really is? I read that our drinking water is legally allowed 5 million fibers per litre. That's sounds a lot. And all water apparently has 1 million typically. Why am I having such a hard time finding data in this area? Anybody have any statistics I can view? How dangerous is this stuff really?

Just had some guys remove the asbestos stucco on the side of the town house we rent. They didn't secure the tarp well at all, it was basically a glorified sun shade. Nothing covering our doors or windows. It's a breezy day so it's blowing around the entire area. They left a bunch of dust all over the ground and obliterated my garden(and a dryer vent, which now I'm considering must be full of the fibres. I don't feel safe even going out there anymore let alone letting the cats and dogs be out there. Let alone even living here still. How the hell am I supposed to clean up all this dust!? doesn't look like we're getting rain for at least a week either so it's not like it'll just settle into the soil or anything. If I had known this place even had asbestos in the first place I'd have never come here. Furthermore if the joke of a property maintenance company gave me a larger heads up than a day I'd have made my best effort to move the fuck out before it kicked off. The kicker is they did a few other rows of housing last summer. If someone would have told me it's crawling with asbestos I'd have moved the hell out of here last summer. If this complex was built in the 70s or so, why on Earth did it take them this many decades to get rid of it!? Greed. That's the real killer.

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I lived in a Surrey BC Coop. One of the residents installed asbestos insulation around pipes. He died from it a decade ago. He was to prideful and did not wear a mask.

Genuine question, I repeatedly heard that Asbestos was one of the best building materials if it weren't for the terrible cancer thing. Is this still true to this day? If we leave all the health issues aside, are there better alternatives around? (I'm speaking in general terms, ofc it depends on the use case) I understand that it's supposedly flexible, heat resistant and insulating. Is there another material that can match this? Fiberglass?

What if your ceiling has asbestos..? If you just leave it is it safe? As long as you don’t disturb it?

I'm working on an Asbestos removal website at the moment. I'll borrow that Video, thanks.

It's a horrible way to die.

Can you get asbestos in your skin

I understand that it's bad. But it tastes soooo good.

Talking about talking about asbestos dangets... thats what this video is.