Comments on: Asbestos-Free Home

By: asbestos surveys

asbestos surveys — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:14:55 +0000

Really, it’s a nice post!

By: Mark Savel

Mark Savel — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:52:55 +0000

You’ve got that right!!

By: John Ali

John Ali — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:33:44 +0000

Asbestos would really crap your lungs if you inhale bits of it.:`;

By: Ryan Green

Ryan Green — Thu, 20 May 2010 02:33:36 +0000

Asbestos is one hell of a health hazard that is why we have removed all asbestos based insulation in our homes.`.*

By: Mark Savel

Mark Savel — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:36:05 +0000

wow! that’s interesting…what would you suggest until the legislation changes?

By: Diane

Diane — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:05:01 +0000

With respect to the removal of vermiculite/zonolite (the insulation material that was contaminated with asbestos), when a professional abatement company is used to remove this product from our homes they use provincial Work Place Health and Safety guidlines for TLV’s-threshold limit values that are designated for commercial abatement guidelines. A commercial workplace maximum TLV for post-abatement is (in Manitoba) less than 0.01 fibers per cubic centimeter of air. (About the size of a sugar cube) and this maximum allowed TLV must be reached before workers can re-occupy the abated space for a period of 8 hour a day, 5 days a week, 40 hours a week is alot less than most residents spend at home in a week. This threshold limit was never designated for residential application, and the current method of testing uses Phase Contrast Microscopy (which counts fibers in the air) and is only capable of counting to the maximum allowed for a workplace. Until Provincial Legislation designates a Residential TLV, I would caution anyone who would choose to abate without it.