Peter Parry wrote:
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 23:00:45 GMT, Badger
wrote:

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

My employer did, with buildings of varying ages, and one 80's building
(a medical training centre) in which ALL the air handling ducts are made
from unsealed asbestos sheet, they see it as a worthwhile exercise. The
presenter was the site asbestos officer, formerly the county surveyors
asbestos specialist. The only surprising thing was at the current levels
we all average one fibre in each breath we take.
Living and working in a "hot-spot" area and having lost several family
members due to asbestos I'd rather people didn't take the risk and
perhaps more importantly expose others in the process. That bloke jet
washing the moss off his garage roof, cement=safe, asbestos cement safe
until it dries and the released fibres become airbourne....

So yes, very worthwhile.