What does asbestos look like? 

Pretty much everything around us...

Basically everywhere!

Good video. So called Blue or Brown Asbestos has a devastating lung clearance time. White Asbestos has a relatively short clearance time, the fibres are serpentine rather than short, straight and stiff. The point i am heading towards is don't live in crushing fear just because you did a patch repair on some 1980's artex ceiling a decade ago. Perspective is important. Just be cautious in future and watch youtube!!

They knew this stuff was bad way before they quit using it.

work as plumber 40 years .worse job was drilling asbestos tanks for weeks when they built thames mead. all ways in the back of my mind.

Great video, helps property owners become aware of the issue.

I'm glad about the educational videos on RU-vid.

It was also used in automotive parts such as brake pads, shoes and drums and I've heard that if you lived near a major road you have millions of fibres in your lungs.

I had no idea it was used in so much stuff. =x

Over 20 + years in roofing in the U.S. Started out using j.m #15 felt on commercial/industrial jobs. Definitely know I got it.....

Oh god, I live in Liverpool....which is merseyside, I'm still youngish turning 13 this year even, and I just joined the army cadets....the old base had asbestos in so we moved to a private school

I live in south London and recently nearly 45% of all the local houses (including mine) have had scaffolding up to remove asbestos

this is almost everywhere. .i guess we're dead meat

The worrying thing is, just how extensive asbestos is used.

thanks for this video .I've been doing some demolition.

Asbestos is only dangerous if the fibers get loose into the air. That is a risk with many of these materials, but probably not all of them. Pretty sure you're not going to see any harmful dust escaping from bakelite, as plastic does not tend to crumble into dust when disturbed.

Good video guys thanks for sharing your tips

When I was 18, crews of us made up of new sailors called Tiger Teams, removed the asbestos from the ships we were assigned to. I was on the Tarawa and when we hit dry dock in Longbeach, Naval Shipyard, that was our primary job. We wore overalls and regular medical masks(sometimes). The stuff was flying all around as we tore it from the pipes, walls and ceilings during a 3 month period. So far I haven't heard of anyone I served with getting cancer from that type of work which occurred in 1980-1981. When I try to research it, all I find are advertisements for law firms. I'm a nonsmoker with no symptoms and passed extensive military physicals up until 2008. Maybe we're panicking over nothing because there were hundreds of us just on that one ship alone.

I live in Australia, we've removed it :)

This video makes it look like everything contains it. Vinyl floor tiles contain asbestos?

Is this still around today?

does loft insulation also contain asbestos?

hi. my garage roof is asbestos roof. Could it be dangerous?

Nice Imovie

Can an old wallpaper contain it. It's not plastics just papery

i have alot of bakelite things can it be harmful ????

Does America have it

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