Asbestos Testing

The mineral fiber asbestos was once used in a variety of products to strengthen them and provide heat insulation, but it has been proven dangerous. People who are exposed or have had exposure may develop an illness called mesothelioma which effects their lungs, abdomen area thousand miles away from where the original tumor was located on body's surface due this chemical having traveled throughout entire lifetime before destroying tissue causing death.

Breathing in high levels of asbestos can lead to lung cancer. The risk is higher if you were exposed while working on ships or factories that use this material, but even brief exposure could put yourself at an increased danger for these diseases because it takes years before symptoms appear and by then there may already be extensive Scarring inside your lungs!

The risk of lung cancer and mesothelioma increase with the number fibers inhaled. The symptoms do not usually appear until about 20-30 years after your first exposure, so it can be hard to know that you're infected without seeing the disease progress over time in a lab setting rather than being diagnosed through a clinical observation alone.   Asbestos has been used for hundreds if not thousands years now; however recent research shows us just how dangerous this material really is.

Small amounts of asbestos are present in our everyday lives, but most people don't develop any health problems from it. However if you disturb the material and release its fibers into your body they can enter through airways where there's more risk for developing an illness later on down the road because these particles last long enough inside us human beings! 

• Some roofing and siding shingles are made of asbestos cement.
• Houses built between 1930 and 1950 may have asbestos as insulation.
• Asbestos may be present in textured paint and in patching compounds used on wall and ceiling joints. Their use was banned in 1977.
• Artificial ashes and embers sold for use in gas-fired fireplaces may contain asbestos.
• Older products, such as stove-top pads, may have some asbestos compounds.
• Walls and floors around wood-burning stoves may be protected with asbestos paper, millboard or cement sheets.
• Asbestos is found in some vinyl floor tiles and the backing on vinyl sheet flooring and adhesives.
• Hot water and steam pipes in older houses may be coated with an asbestos material or covered with an asbestos blanket or tape.
• Oil and coal furnaces and door gaskets may have asbestos insulation. 

Asbestos professionals can conduct inspections, take samples of suspected material, assess its condition, and advise on the corrections that are needed, as well as who is qualified to make these corrections. 

Once again, material in good condition need not be sampled unless it is likely to be disturbed. Professional correction or abatement contractors repair and remove asbestos materials.  

A professional hired to assess the need for corrective action should not be connected with an asbestos-correction firm. It is better to use two different firms so that there is no conflict of interest.

 For non-biased asbestos testing in St. Augustine, Jacksonville and surrounding areas, call us today!