Christopher T asked: I am looking for cases in san antonio, texas. my sister has been diagnosed with a serious lung problem that presumably comes from a form of asbestos exposure. the building in specific is; The Nix in the Westside Professional Building downtown san antonio. i’m primarily curious to know if there [...]

Ambler A asked: There is natural asbestos in our community. We’ve lived our whole lives exposed to it and they’re hasn’t been any health concerns due to the asbestos.
And one of our local stores, KRL & GEN. STORE is suing our regional Corporation for 1 million dollars due asbestos exposure after years of business here. [...]

msgoody2shoes18 asked: i no asbestos is a #1 cause of cancer

Michele asked: A woman a few streets away who suffered flooding has been told she has asbestosis. Apparently all the houses in our area have tiles on the floors downstairs that when broken or get wet release something into the air that causes asbestosis if exposed over a few years. I was not flooded but [...]

Henry asked: The other day I was trying to extend an antenna and was holding it when the tip accidentally hit my popcorn ceiling. This ceiling has asbestos. It was built in the early 70’s and asbestos was used as a fire retardant. Now I’m scared to death that I’m gonna die from cancer or [...]

Sandy S asked: How dangerous is it? The building that i go to once a month contains abestos. What exactly is it?

Jason O asked: can you get asbestosis from coming into contact with it just once? I was digging out a foundation when i came across a big pile of it someone had buried years ago – it was loose pipe cladding asbestos and I must have breathed in loads of it before I realised what [...]

bobbyblowin asked: Thanks to NaNaNa for her answer, the reason I was asking because my friends 10 year son, about 9 years ago she thinks he MIGHT have been exposed to asbestos, if her son was exposed to asbestos when he was one does that mean he will DEFINATELY get cancer or an asbestos related [...]

Matthew asked: I have a question about asbestos. I am a freshman in high school and all of are schools were built in the 1970’s. I went for freshman orientation on about August 25 and I went on the third floor and asbestos removal was in progress when people were in the building. I do [...]

Gopher asked: Does braking when driving release asbestos? I am just curious. You would think that if it did, than these brakes would be banned. I had to hard brake last night to a stop when I had the windows down and is there any risk of asbestos exposure to it?