In article , "Peter
Parry" says...
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 23:00:45 GMT, Badger
wrote:

Having been on an asbestos awareness course I'd leave it well alone and
call in a specialist to sample it. It could be mill board (~90%
asbestos) or similar.

I hope neither you nor your employer paid for this "awareness"
course.

Sounds like it might have been sponsored by a "specialist".