Will One Exposure to Asbestos Cause Cancer? ASBESTOS FRAGMENTS 101

If you search on the internet you will find a lot of stuff about asbestos health risks.

We don't want to sensationalize anything here. We want to very clearly communicate what the actual risks of asbestos are and not over-dramatize it.

Let's look at FIVE undisputed FACTS about asbestos and human health.

This bite-sized nugget was cut from our extensive docuseries Asbestos 101.

[Tmilitaria]

Thank you this has really helped me get over most of my asbestos worries.

[actionms]

Wow, I must say I really appreciate the time you take to reply to so many comments. Thank you very much.

[GrapeJustinTrudeauAnnaLee]

I tore drywall out in my bathroom a few months ago, I found out after that it contained asbestos. I’ve been so worried about it, I ripped it out in 2 sessions, probably took me 4 hours absolutely max. I hope I’m okay. Your video gave me more peace of mind and I will be more careful now. Thank you sir.

[TomHoe-gb]

When I was a young lad about 16 me and my pals entered an old Abandoned school about 2 or 3 times and messed around in there. I remember using my phone flash light and could see lots of dust particles In the air infront of the light. Turns out the school was condemned with asbestos. We never knew at the time so we done what kids do and threw things around etc… the ceiling panels were all almost gone. What do you think the risk factor is ?

[Split_Beard]

I had a potential exposer twice in a crawl space. There was wight powder all over the ground but only a few pipes with what looked like asbestos insulation. I was 19 or 20 at the time and no one told me to wear protection of any kind. It keeps me up at night thinking about it and scares me immensely. It happened 10 years ago today and I don't know what to do about it.

[kieronfletcher-]

I worked in a very old house the other day and we had to take down a ceiling. When we were pulling it down lots of dark dust clouded up the room and the mask i was wearing wasnt doing a good job as the dust was in my mouth and nose the whole time. This lasted about 5 hours of continued breathing in of dark black dust (i assume asbestos). Now i am worried about the harm i have put myself in. Will i be okay?

[Stephanie-mn]

After a fire in my house I had nowhere to go. I didn’t realize the stuff on the floor that had fallen through the 1947’s house could be asbestos. I cleaned it all up with my bare hands and no mask. I had cleaned up the house this way over days. It’s been about 3 weeks now. Pretty sure I can feel it in my lungs..

[cliftonjarvis]

I was exposed every day for almost 10 yrs. When I worked at Shands hospital in Gainesville Florida in the engineering department as a full time employee from 1985 till 1994 I am 65 yrs.old now I know I can’t breathe good.

[henryhill]

Thank you sir I’ve woried sick since 2021, I was briefly exposed in 2009 and 2011 and I’m talking 2 weeks max but I stoped drinking and where my sleep was better I got a flash back and it made me nervous wreck but thank you again I feel reassured 🙌

[andreeph]

Im a DIY'er and drilled/sanded a 0.5" peephole today through a door in my 1920's apartment today which turned out to be lined with asbestos. Was wearing a HEPA respirator only for a portion of the drilling. It was completely off when sanding the hole with 40 grit spindle sander to widen it. DUH! I thought it was merely plaster dust - DUH!. Then woke from long nap after and I'm like "That was asbestos, not plaster"! . NGL feeling the slightest of tightness in my upper rt. chest right afterwards. Hopefully from the wood dust Dang I was so stupid. Gotta have better PPE discipline - as DIY'er. Im almost 60 so hopefully I'm still good. It's been prophesied that Im going to live to close to 100. My biological father lived to 101. 🙏

[laketown]

Hello 👋 I work in a bank, in a very old building. I have been employed there about 7 months. About a month or so ago, the basement area flooded. Also flooding on the main floor. We were told to stay out of these areas. Time went by. Today we were told asbestos was found in the basement and mezzanine during the repairs. We were told remediation is complete and its been sealed off. My thoughts.. what about my potential for health problems? Didn't they have a duty to tell us? We shouldn't have been there. What should my next steps be? My boss said any questions to talk to HR.. as we all know, HR is not your friend...should I get a lawyer?

[nicolairiera]

I worked yesterday in This old church that had 9x9 tiles confirmed asbestos and everything that went wrong happened tiles shattering and being lose for those 6 hours installing, and I had a very crappy blue Covid mask, I got rid of my clothes and shoes after that and been wearing a mask since yesterday, this keeps me up at night I deeply regret working there and hope I’m ok in the next 20 years :/

[Melfukoff]

What about living in house that has asbestos in the ceiling and the ceiling has a crack in it ? Im worried because i have children inside the home

[ArnulfoPuga]

I am currently a asbestos worker at a big abatement company I have only worked there for a couple months because the pay is good but I always have questions I have a wife and 3yr old toddler at home so I’m always concerned when I get off work I keep a double bagged of work clothes in my trunk even though I don’t wear them in the actual job site we only stay in our boxers and wear a white suit I try my hardest not to bring this stuff home but In the first month of work I might of not been too cautious with this stuff I had my boots on one time while working with asbestos I was bring my socks home only but I know for a fact my boots had asbestos my kid has had a on goin cough for more than 4 weeks alredy took him to the doctors office said it could be multiple things didn’t really give me a real answer he said it could be a mild infection he put him on medication but he finished it and still has a cough but it’s not bad but I am really worried

[MisterMustardIsDumb]

i just finished ripping a floor less than 100 sq feet that is made of non friable asbestos material. took about 3 hours to remove total but the room was sitting untouched for days with no one going in, with the ripped apart floor still laying there. no ventilation from the room to the rest of the house. would you say that is (relatively) safe enough to ward off any worries. (i wore a change of clothes, proper filtered respirator, and gloves while handling.)

[PankoPengwingo]

I'll confess that I became paranoid about asbestos exposure after working on an RC car that uses asbestos in one of the parts.

[ocarinaoftime]

for work I had to enter an old building and I stayed there for about an hour, the walls etc were all opened up and the dust was flying all around, which of course I breathed in. I don’t know yet if the building has asbestos, but if it did, how much damage would it have caused to my lungs? Can I somehow cleanse with special vitamins or detox?

[chanelchanel]

I was exposed to ABESTOS debris and dust went into my eyes through my nose my son was sitting there jumped up when dust and bricks fell. The building dept confirmed there's ABESTOS there

[Kincaid_Gaming]

I went to this abandoned school and everyone was saying there is asbestos I didn’t know what it was and didn’t think much of it but now that I know I came in contact with a recently destroyed wall and there was an alarm beeping which I thought was a dead fire alarm but now that I think about it it was probably because of the asbestos I visited the spot twice for less the 2 minutes both times and I won’t be going back. Do you think I’ll be okay you said it takes a lot but I’m very worried because of the wall falling possibly kicking the asbestos up into the air.

[manuellujan]

A friend and I did a renovation of removing a popcorn ceiling. We had to wet the ceiling pretty well to even remove it. At the time, i wasn't aware the home we worked in (one small bedroom) was built in the 1970's and still used Abestos. I found out it was built in the 70's and then had a test done for asbestos using the ceiling material. The test came back
%96 non fibrous material
%2 cellulose fiber and
%2 Chrystolite asbestos.
I am worried about the exposure.
Any advice anyone can give me?

I did research and Chrysolite is the "least dangerous" of the asbestos materials but im still pretty worried about it. Anyone have advice on what to do and what doctors can even do about it.