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Asbestos is a game of chance. While of course there’s plenty of chance nothing will happen there’s also a small chance one fiber gets loose and ends up in a bad
by tinus_hn 5y ago
Asbestos is a game of chance. While of course there’s plenty of chance nothing will happen there’s also a small chance one fiber gets loose and ends up in a bad place and causes you to die a pretty miserable death.
- WJW 5y agoThis is like saying that puddles are a game of chance because you could spontaneously faint when standing close to them and drown. It is theoretically not impossible, but it is also not a risk that you should be worrying about in your daily life. Asbestos is an extremely stable compound, which is the entire reason it was being used as fire resistant material.
- GuB-42 5y agoTrue, you can also get struck by lightening on your way to the room, the asbestos may also save your life from a fire. Everything is a game of chance. You can quantify your chances of dying with micromorts, it is a good way to put things into perspective. Dying of cancer because you spend a night in a capsule containing asbestos is, I believe, so ridiculously low that you might as well worry about being killed by a dog swimming with a gun in his mouth when you go to the beach. I mean, unless you are doing things like taking an angle grinder to the capsule, something the owner might object to. Really, asbestos is mostly an occupational hazard. Once it is in place, the risks are low.