On Jul 17, 8:24*pm, "Phil L" wrote:
rbel wrote:
On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:00:45 +0200, js.b1 wrote:

I can not see why anyone would want to scrape/sand the surface of
Chrysotile asbestos fibre soffit cement board - it is perfectly safe
stuff in terms of wet sheet removal, but not so safe when treated in
such an abrasive manner :-)

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What is 'wet sheet removal'?

removing sheets of it when it's wet, in that it can't dust up because it's
wet.

That said it's mostly a load of ********, a few people died of lung cancer
after working in asbestos factories for 50 years but many more didn't,
nowadays no one will go within 50 yards of it unless they're wearing a
radiation suit, breathing apparatus and 11 pairs of gloves

an enormous toll of people have died from it sadly, and continue to.
But the paranoia over DIY asbestos removal is out of all proportion to
the miniscule risk, the level of exposure from one rigidly
encapsulated asbestos sheets removal per decade is very far removed
from that from working in an asbestos factory for a lifetime with no
safe practices or respiratory protection.


NT