Parents are renovating house tearing walls and ripping up parts of the floor, pretty sure there's asbestos in both. Tell them we should get shit tested they laugh it off tell me its too expensive and not to worry. My NEET ass cant pay for the test so I'm just left worrying, I just want to know how fucked I am living here now I always figured my NEET cave will be my tomb but I don't want lung cancer on top of it. I already ordered a semi expensive air purfier to help ease me a little but need advice.
How old is the house? What country do you live in? What makes you say you're "pretty sure there's asbestos in both?"Describe anything you see that appears suspicious to you in as much detail as possible.
>>34505335That asbestos psyop is mostly hype. It is only a certain friable type that is harmful, if at all and it takes over forty years for any shit to happen which would be more manageable these days. Profit.
>>34505335It’s also fireproof. That could be why “They” don’t want us to have it.
>>34505372US, house from the 50s, floor is old and Linoleum with a black hard material under it.
>>34505379>>34505383Not all asbestos is immediately dangerous, that is true, but mesothelioma can develop as soon as 6 years after inhalation of asbestos fibers.Mesothelioma treatment has not gotten a lot better in the last couple of decades. Life expectancy is a few months longer now.
>>34505395>black hard materialasbestos is light gray. you're safe.
>>34505402Hold on anon, that might be an adhesive.>>34505395Does it look like this and is it sticky?
>>34505397I’m sure your brainwashing is more up to date, sir.
>>34505413I gladly invite you to smoke kents anon
>>34505402The layers look like this, The photo on the bottom is just from google. The tiles are top layer is like a pale yellow so its hard to tell if its gray like you said.>>34505406I didn't touch it >tism doesn't like sticky shitBut I can believe that what it is
>>34505422Cigars only. Filters are goyslop. Filter tobacco with tobacco. you can just paint the shit to keep it from going airborne, yeah? Whatever bro
>>34505424I can't be certain but it's possible that's "black mastic."That's an adhesive made of asphalt and asbestos.There's not an ENORMOUS risk of exposure to asbetos when revealing black mastic, since the fibers are mostly contained in the adhesive, but when the adhesive itself gets ripped up, that's when there's a problem. Tell your family you don't need to pay for a fancy examination to know that black mastic is a fucking issue.If the black mastic HAS been torn up already, then don't let yourself worry too much. It was a good idea getting an air purifier. People with really severe mesothelioma are exposed to it repeatedly for a long time.
>>34505335Asbestos is benign IF it's in solid form and you don't disturb it. If your parents are tearing shit up and putting particles in the air, that's different. You really, REALLY don't want to be breathing it in.I'd say >>/diy/ is a better board to ask about this though.
>>34505335>>34505445Fuck, meant to write >>>/diy/
>>34505335give your parents a break they are doing asbestos they can
>>34505434>you don't need to pay for a fancy examination to know that black mastic is a fucking issue.I'm pretty sure its a they know deal, they just dont care they they both mid 60s so if its anything asbestos related its literally not their problem mentality.
>>34505451CARLOS
