Does anyone know anything about ASBESTOS?

right you want to know about asbestos well even if you dont discurb it the stuff can slowly effect your health now you say you live in a place made of it if this is correct the stuff as already been disturb because of some of the following reasons you've probably hung shelves,cupboards,pitchures,clocks etc an they must of disturbed it putting plumming+heating etc other things that can effect it is to much cold an to much heat+damp i should know about the stuff because me an my brother use to work in a factory that handled it in a way i resigned afther my brother had to retired afther collapsing through being poisend by the stuff he ended up with it in a huge lump on his hip he was only 45 when they took him away to hospital an ive not seen him since you can get asbestos poisening by touch it too or painting etc over it sorry to give it you straight but i feel strongly about this matter have a nice night or day my advice is move

If you are worried about asbestos, then its illogical to throw out the one person that can determine if it is actually in the air in your apartment. Now you have no way of knowing if there is a problem. You should call the property manager and have them explain the sources of asbestos in your apartment and also have them monitor your air for a day or two. Make sure to run the vacuum the way you do during normal cleaning while the air monitor is running. If asbestos is found and the asbestos source cannot be permanently sealed off, your only choice is to stay and breathe in asbestos or move somewhere else.

Asbestos becomes dangerous if sawed or broken to release the fibres which can be inhaled. Apparently the fibres are barbed and get lodged in the lungs/upper respiratory system ultimately resulting in a fibrous mass and possible lung cancer. Compressed asbestos was used as a building material in the sixties and seventies and removal should only be done by a licensed contractor. You are unlikely to have suffered any adverse effects so long as the asbestos in question has never been disturbed in any way.

Click on asbestos on google. There have been many deaths and illnesses not to mention many law suits about asbestos.

Now for a little humor, if you will allow me, my wife is the assbestos I have ever had!!!

Asbestos is dangerous in airborne form. Which the biggest way to make it particulate is by cutting it. You can side over the existing, and not have to get an abaitment company in there. Or to remove it, call an asbestose abaitment company. it is VERY pricey. Most of the precautions are hokey pokey, but there the law.

If you do have asbestos in your home while it is not desirable as long as it is managed correctly there should be no problem. Basically it should be covered with a painted and sealed, if it is disturbed then a specialist company should be called in to to reseal it immediately.

yea i definitly would not put up with that ,my ex partner is a asbestos consultant. so i know how deadly it is and could be.

if it is actually in any part of the living area- kitchen,bedroom.

then it must be removed and dont take no for an anwser,

hope this helps.

A LOT OF OLDER BUILDINGS HAVE ASBESTOS PRESENT. IT NEEDS TO BE DISPOSED OF PROPERLY AND IS NOT A DIY JOB. IF THE PERSON HAS LEFT CONRACT NO WITH PEOPLE AND THEY ARE A RECOGNISED COMPANY AND HAVE VALID ID I WOULD LET THEM IN TO CHECK AS IT CAN BE DANGEROUS THE LONGER IT IS LEFT

its the dust that is dangerous when inhaled. my dad died of mesothilioma which is cancer of the membrane of the lung. this is caused by even just one fibre of asbestos.

I lived in a flat with it in - they were bulldozed when I threatened to tell everyone how dangerous it is.

I was rehoused