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The house is full of asbestos, what to do?
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Do an analysis first...get back when you have the answer and you will probably get better responses....guessing, believing, and assuming we can do until doomsday without any difference....
Yes if you intend to eat it, it is quite likely not dangerous at all:raddforasbest said:
http://www.svensktvatten.se/Vattentjanster/Dricksvatten/Takt-till-kran/Kemiska-amnen/Asbest/Asbestos when inhaled has long been documented to be hazardous to health (changes in the lungs). Whether it is associated with health hazards to eat or drink (changes in the gastrointestinal tract) something containing traces of asbestos has been studied in a number of investigations, but so far there is no evidence to suggest that asbestos in drinking water affects human health.
The World Health Organization, WHO, does not believe there is evidence that asbestos in drinking water, either in animal studies or epidemiological studies, affects human health (WHO, 2003). Therefore, WHO does not have any health-related guideline value for asbestos in its document Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality (GDWQ 2004).
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If everything you say here is true, it's better that you seek professional help! No one in the forum will be able to help you and you'll likely receive many jokes/ironic responses.raddforasbest said:
WHO has scared you so much about asbestos???
For many years, asbestos was found in all sorts of things. Brake pads, as already mentioned. Building materials and fire blankets. I worked at a company in the 1970s where we had asbestos cords, to insulate around the hoses on the hot glue guns in the machines that glued packaging for the food industry. Every Friday, we cleaned the machines with an air pressure gun to get rid of the paper dust, and of course, a lot of asbestos particles swirled around in the air. These were removed when it became banned to use in 1977, but NO ONE who worked there has been harmed by asbestos!
With that said, it's not something I recommend you expose yourself to, but you may understand that I and many others think you are exaggerating your risks of being harmed by asbestos, just because your parents removed tiles and the neighbor replaced roof tiles.
For many years, asbestos was found in all sorts of things. Brake pads, as already mentioned. Building materials and fire blankets. I worked at a company in the 1970s where we had asbestos cords, to insulate around the hoses on the hot glue guns in the machines that glued packaging for the food industry. Every Friday, we cleaned the machines with an air pressure gun to get rid of the paper dust, and of course, a lot of asbestos particles swirled around in the air. These were removed when it became banned to use in 1977, but NO ONE who worked there has been harmed by asbestos!
With that said, it's not something I recommend you expose yourself to, but you may understand that I and many others think you are exaggerating your risks of being harmed by asbestos, just because your parents removed tiles and the neighbor replaced roof tiles.