My apartment bulding contains asbestos. Should I be worried about getting sick? What are some of the health risks of asbestos? Is there anything I can do to minimize my risk of getting sick?
2006-10-21 10:53:57 · 7 answers · asked by Kat Strat 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
I'm assuming your building and/or its pipes and ducts are insulated with asbestos.
As long as the asbestos remains in the walls, it is HARMLESS.
If you breathe asbestos dust, you CAN develop lung problems (including cancer) years or decades later, but this is only an issue during renovation of buildings, or the actual removal of asbestos, when it is going to be disturbed.
In this state, the law says that a building owner or contractor, who discovers asbestos insulation while doing renovations, may leave it in the walls once, but the second time work is done in the building, the asbestos must be removed and replaced with safer forms of insulation.
2006-10-21 11:06:13 · answer #1 · answered by Rochester 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you are able to loosen up. Asbestos exposure takes years to reason any style of well being hazard. Inhalation of asbestos dirt is what reasons injury and prefer i even have pronounced to boot as others you may might desire to be uncovered to it for long sessions of time. superb concern to do at this factor is to conceal up each thing that's interior the artwork section till the maintenance/protection is finished and afterwards perform a little serious cleansing and you'd be stable to pass.
2016-11-24 21:36:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Asbestos if disturbed and breathed in of sufficiant quantity can cause lung cancer ( this is a medical fact ) if it has to be moved, it has to be done by a licensed company and the building will have to be evacuated and sealed until the prosses is finnished.
2006-10-21 11:07:19 · answer #3 · answered by El Lobo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can end up getting cancer which is caused by exposure to asbestos, it's known as mesothelioma. Why is your apartment building not condemned? You should definitely get in contact with your local health department and report the owner of the building.
2006-10-21 11:01:11 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can DIE from asbestos. Contact your landlord immediately and if he/she doesn't do anything, get a lawyer.
2006-10-21 10:55:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Please see the webpage for more details on Asbestos, Asbestosis and Asbestos-related pleural effusion.
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2006-10-21 10:57:54 · answer #7 · answered by italliansweety67 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋