Asbestos

[Allante715]

The average person has a greater chance of getting struck by lightning then developing a asbestos related illness. Blown out of proportion by the asbestos removing industry and lawyers. Shit some of its replacements are just as bad.

Working in the asbestos industry unprotected or in the shipbuilding industry is a completely different story altogether.

[JJRiffy488]

So many people are freaking out over this mineral. There are 2 different kinds of families of asbestos (serpentine and amphibole). Serpentine is less hazardous, mainly due to different crystalline structures in both types.

[AMMMO1000]

my God! this guy or girl is on a death wish

[xXBOOMER760Xx]

I was jus in an abandoned apartment complexs... that has abestos... uh... i was paintballing so like,,, i was breathing heavily... uhm... any advice/help? =[

[doc105]

@xXBOOMER760Xx it all depends on your time in the building you should be fine

[k7dq]

can any1 do  a video of sniffing asbestos

[thinkasshole]

safe to touch bad to inhale

[ufmo]

@thinkasshole

As long as you wash your hands.

[win2477]

is that safe???

[PS3DUDE290]

why is he touching it

[P42STUFF]

I have a toilet cistern on top of my wardrobe with a chip missing out of it and some amosite asbestos sticking out! Am I in danger?

[richard4195]

@P42STUFF yes you are u will die in 30 years from asbestos pisioning im sorry :p

[nath0hcker]

@P42STUFF u ill not die but dont touch it dont break anymore of the bord call the asbestos remove pepz to get rid of it!

[everEbody]

For great information on asbestos and mesothelioma go to: discussmesothelioma.blogspot,c­om

[HazMat75110]

That looks pretty fun to play with...

[Izakokomarixyz]

btw that asbestos you are holding looks just wonderful!

[finnertynewton]

No, I'm afraid you've got it all wrong. The toxicity differences between amosite & crocidolite compared to chrysotile are much more than simply "more dust." The toxicities depend on chrystotile being sheet silicate minerals, while amosite and crocidolite being amphiboles (double-chain silicates). This gives the amphiboles a radically different morphology that makes them much more likely to enter the small passages of the lungs.

[jawajawa350]

True, which means double-chain silicates will penetrate deeper into the lung, but that doesn't make white asbestos fibres and dust safe either, all it does is alter the persentages between getting abestosis and mesothelioma slightly. Check any web site or any medical book, anything up-to-date will not advocate the use of white asbestos any more than they will the use of blue or brown.

[Straycatz4]

Is that actual asbestos?

[P42STUFF]

Looks like it!

[CathySorbo]

That looks like shredded wheat!

[goldmetaman]

Esspeztes is not a toy! it causes asbestosis cancer!

[Izakokomarixyz]

"Esspeztes"??? lol how did you spell asbestosis right if you can't even spell asbestos?

[ReneeBo]

You had a breathing apparatus right?? -,-

[finnertynewton]

Actually, no. This is chrysotile, which is not nearly as bad as amosite or crocidolite asbestos. I won't go in a room that has either of those without a respirator. But chrysotile's dangers is overstated. Here in northern California it is literally coming out of the rocks all around you when you take a hike. :)

[jawajawa350]

Well, that's where you are wrong, the Asbestos industry has been busy keeping up the myth that Chrysotile is 'safe' because it has an interest to do so. They simply did what the tobacco industry did and hired their own scientists to cast doubt over and discredit what anti asbestos scientists said, and all this has done is to put more people at risk over a longer period. Szczucin in Poland has the highest cancer rate in that country due to the asbestos factory which processed mainly chrysoltile.

[finnertynewton]

This is conspiratorial paranoia. Name one company in the "asbestos industry" working in the United States today. If anything, the misinformation goes the other way: companies profiting from asbestos removal have every incentive to exaggerate the toxicity. But that's not what's happening either. The reality is that scientists are mixed as to whether removal of asbestos in most settings is more harmful than leaving it intact and in place.

[jawajawa350]

I didn't say 'today',the damage was really done in the 70's when there was still an asbestos industry struggling for survival after the 1969 asbestos regulations were introduced.There are companies such as Thetford Mines in Canada who still peddle the'safe white asbestos'myth,so there's1 company,+then we have products from places like China and Brasil containing white asbestos looking for homes in the developed world. I agree asbestos is better left alone than removed in many cases though.

[P42STUFF]

That sounds quite cool, is that where you got the stuff in the video from? just go for a walk and pull some chrysotile out the ground? :D

[jawajawa350]

Chrysoltile asbestos is not safe, be afraid, be very afraid! Take my word for it, keep away from ALL asbestos, it is the number of fibres you breath in which kills you, not the type of asbestos you breath in. Another tip, if you are a smoker, you have a 75% higher chance of contracting mesothelioma than a non smoker if you have been exposed to asbestos. Blue and brown asbestos may have been considered more dangerous simply because their usage created more dust...

[nightshot103]

explain to me if asbestos is the stone or if it's the fibers in the stone.

[jawajawa350]

Asbestos is a mineral...it formed millions of years ago as volcanic gas and water rose to the earth's surface venting between gaps in rock leaving this fibrous material behind as it crystallised. Asbestos would be much the same as any other harmless rock had it not formed this way.

[jawajawa350]

Look at the main usage of each type:

Blue:Pipe lagging,heat resistant spray on steel fire protection and soft soundproofing tiles etc which creates a lot of dust when installed+easily disturbed throughout its lifetime.

Brown:Brake shoes, clutch pads+friction pads, all of which create a lot of dust during their lifetime.

White: Mixed with cement+concrete in the building industry, therefore generally more stable throughout its lifetime.Remember, asbestos dust isn't visible to the naked eye!