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Comments (6)To put things into perspective ... the persons who got lung cancer from asbestos exposure were not hanging out for a few hours near some kitchen floor tile that was being removed. They were mining it, working in factories that made things out of it, and spraying it onto ships or steel girders as insulation ... heavy exposure for years and years. Or they were the families of these people who cam home with asbestos dust all over their clothes ... for years and years. And most of them were heavy smokers. So, as long as your grandchild doesn't take up a 3-pack a day cigarette habit and start hanging out with asbestos miners, she'll be OK....See MoreRE: asbestos tile/worried sick
Comments (4)As this thread refused to die and reached its 150 post limit, I have resurrected it so that Mandypark can get responses to her post about her popcorn ceiling removal concerns. You have not doomed your children to sure death in 40 years. Not everyone exposed to the fiber develops an asbestos induced disease. Casual exposure should not be of great concern to anyone. Repeated exposures accompanied by smoking or repeated exposures to second hand smoke greatly increases the chances of developing disease attributable to asbestos exposure. However, you need to thoroughly clean ALL horizontal surfaces and any duct work. And, perhaps replacing the carpet might be a wise thing to do, but who knows? Discreetly employing the services of an environmental testing company to monitor the air quality in your home before and then after thorough cleaning should be able to tell you if any residual fibers are present and in what quantities over and above the background levels typical for your region. You may find that the levels in your home air match the levels normally found in your region. Then you would be able to rest easy that your families' health has not been compromised. The information you can find about asbestos in the home provided by the EPA is informative. However, the information provided by the Consumer Products Safety Commission can be particularly anxiety producing for some folks. So, if you go searching for information, take what you read with a grain of salt and employ common sense. It is certainly best to have no exposure, but as I've said casual exposure shouldn't be of great concern. But, I'm not a doctor or an environmental scientist/epidemiologist, so take what I've said with a grain of salt....See Moreworried about asbestos in flooring
Comments (4)Great. Thanks for the responses. I am going to cover the 9x9 tiles. But when i took up the kitchen floor there was a seam in the middle of the floor where the two peices of plywood met. It looks like the person used some type of filler/glue over this seam. it covers about 4 inches on either side of the seam and it looks black or dark grey. Has anyone heard of using cutback glue on seams? its just this dark stuff over top of the seam and am concerned that it might be cutback glue which i hear has asbestos. I will try to post a picture. I am going to grab a piece and have it tested but was just wondering if anyone has ever heard of using that for a filler. Or do you think it would be a type of lever compound or something. Thanks. this stuff is driving me NUTS!!...See Moreasbestos floor tile worry
Comments (2)When is the last time you read a newspaper headline: "Entire Family Dies From Walking On Their Floors"? When was the last time you saw entire neighborhoods abandoned because of the floor coverings? When was the last time you heard Congress was holding hearings in an effort to address the hords of people dieing because of their floorcoverings? When is the last time you heard of a flooring installer shortage due to so many flooring installings dieing of asbestosis? When did all the news programs announce the impending asbestos floor pandemic? Most panic attacks are self induced as yours are. Calm yourself, you are fretting over nothing....See Moretigerbr
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