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| | | | Re: Death by Asbestos < Reply # 20 on 6/10/2015 4:12 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Inside any old building that's falling apart, you need to be wearing a respirator with p100 cartridges, plain and simple. Why? Because you never know what you'll encounter and what you're being exposed to. But I can tell you these things: It's almost guaranteed that you'll be exposed to friable asbestos, and you're kicking up the dust just by walking around. Asbestos pipe insulation is very recognizable and easy to spot, so learn what it looks like, and in any old abandonment its almost always torn up, crumbling and falling off the pipes. Asbestos is also a component of old floor and ceiling tiles, wall paneling, stippled ceilings, cement roofs, shingles, and much more. If any of those are crumbling to dust in an old building, there's a good chance that they're contributing asbestos fibers to the environment as well. But even if there were no asbestos, there are plenty of other reasons to be wearing a respirator. There will be peeling paint and paint chips/dust everywhere, and you're almost certainly dealing with lead paint. That's another thing you don't want to be breathing for obvious reasons. As has already been pointed out, both asbestos and lead are long-term concerns (although acute exposure can certainly produce undesirable health outcomes in the short term). However, there are also very immediate concerns, such as breathing mold spores (black mold is particularly bad, extremely common, and easy to spot; learn what it looks like), high concentrations of bird guano, PCBs, other chemical vapors/aerosols, and more. Even if you're wearing a respirator, you'll still be exposed to these contaminants to some degree because they'll settle in your hair, clothes, etc. The point is to minimize it as much as is practicable. Don't be an idiot. Wear a mask. You'll get used to it, you'll probably look even cooler (if you're concerned about that), and you'll breathe easier, as it were.
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