Yes, both are bad to breath, but the danger in the asbestos fiber as opposed
the fiber glass is it's microscopic size. Fiber glass is large enough that it
will in almost all cases be filtered out by your natural immune system, caught
in mucous and expelled in phlegm. Asbestos on the other hand is so small, so
sharp and so resistant to degradation that it can be carried all the way into
the alveoli in the lungs, where it can implant itself and never be expelled.
As a foreign body it causes irritation, immune responses and eventually
cancerous changes. That is asbestosis. It is also small enough to penetrate
the lung and imbed in the lining of the thoracic cavity, where it can cause
another form of cancer called mesotheleoma.
On the other hand chances of exposures which cause a high degree of risk are
small if you take precautions such as wearing a respirator rated for asbestos,
some clothing you might be ready to dispose of and wet the material before
removing it with water and a surfactant (soap or water wetter) and transfer it
to a plastic bag (double bagging is a good idea) and seal it.
Removal is fairly simple, as you can see, disposal is another problem and is
probably regulated by local authorities.
It's been 25 years since I received truing on this topic, so there may be some
errors in my post attributable to technological advances or incipient
alzheimers...
Bill Lawrence
Bill Lawrence
> From: gonnagitcha90@hotmail.com
> Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 13:06:01 -0500
> To: llennep@verizon.net
> CC: healeys@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Asbestos
>
> Agree that both are bad to breath and are different items.
> Back when I was in Merchant Marine we would bring back thousands of tons of
> bagged and bulk asbestos from Africa. No face masks used in the old
> days...then lawyers discovered opportunity (after the fact of course) and
it
> has all but disappeared except for the lawsuits and the removal industries
> they created. All for the best it can be argued, along with fiberglass, and
> carbon fiber dust, teak and coal dust, etc.
>
> Regards,
> Richard C
>
> Sent from iPhone
>
> On Dec 1, 2011, at 11:49 PM, llennep@verizon.net wrote:
>
> > I don't believe asbestos is glass composition. It is rock fibers.
> >
> >
> > On 12/01/11, White, Stephen wrote:
> >
> > Fiberglass fibers
> > live forever.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: healeys-bounces@autox.team.net
> [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net]
> > On Behalf Of Stephen Hutchings
> > Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 9:18 AM
> > To: healeys@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: [Healeys] Asbestos
> >
> > I respect Alan's opinion on the workings of Healeys...but I must differ
on
> the
> > handling of asbestos.
> > The pieces on the Healey can dry out and fray and become friable. The
> machine
> > screws can be just as hard to remove as that steering wheel.
> > So, having done a fair amount of research on asbestos removal in other
> > applications, I would recommend dampening down the material while working
> on
> > it, and use a mask with a HEPA filter rating..NOT a disposable dust mask.
> > Stephen
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