Jim wrote:

All asbestos is evil. Chances are the panels are white asbestos
though
(AIUI!) which is the least evil. The only way to be sure is to have
someone licensed to do solid material (rather than air-sample)
testing
come and remove a piece for examination.

If you remove it yourself it will need to be disposed by a licensed
disposal company. Personally I'd rather pay someone else to get rid
of it...

Useful links:

http://www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/index.htm
http://www.tica-acad.co.uk/database.htm

Jim


Nonsense from start to finish.

Get it straight from the researchers:
www.asbestoswatchdog.co.uk
http://www.asbestoswatchdog.co.uk/ACM.pdf

The brief summary: white asbestos is perfectly safe, nearly all
asbestos is white. but if its blue or brown asbestos, theyre very
different substances to white, and not at all safe. Blue and brown are
easy to spot, theyre blue and brown respectively!


NT