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OffWithTheirHeads

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6. Relax! Your exposure, if any, was minimal to the point of non-existant.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Fri Jul 19, 2013, 07:09 PM

Jul 2013

The people who were most affected were shipyard workers who were literally bathed in it every day. In my fourty three years in the sheetmetal industry I have had to deal with a LOT of Asbestos covered ductwork. Trust me, you were exposed to nothing. Chill

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So the neighbor removed asbestos tainted air condition ducts from the attic w/o a permit. [View all] Baitball Blogger Jul 2013 OP

When his lawn was 'covered in ducts' what condition were they in ? PoliticAverse Jul 2013 #1

Intact. Baitball Blogger Jul 2013 #2

If intact believe you should be pretty safe intaglio Jul 2013 #3

I have had had regular maintenance on our ducts and no one has ever Baitball Blogger Jul 2013 #4

I wouldn't worry about it (but I'd stay out of your neighbor's house where the ducts were). PoliticAverse Jul 2013 #5

Interesting. Baitball Blogger Jul 2013 #7

I hope at least any of those doing the work wore masks with a filter rated for asbestos and PoliticAverse Jul 2013 #9

That or smoked. JoeyT Jul 2013 #10

Relax! Your exposure, if any, was minimal to the point of non-existant. OffWithTheirHeads Jul 2013 #6

I'm chilling. I'm chilling. Baitball Blogger Jul 2013 #8

besides... nebenaube Jul 2013 #11

Unless he generated a lot of dust by throwing them down into a dumpster when he was upwind Warpy Jul 2013 #12

Thank you for the information. Baitball Blogger Jul 2013 #13