Asphalt Shingle Cutter

[newracer]

I have been involved in the asbestos removal industry in one form or another for over 25 years.

Well don?t tell OSHA.

?The Occupational Safety and Health Commission (OSHA) has set a permissible asbestos exposure limit (PEL) of 0.1 fiber per cubic centimeter (f/cc) for work in all industries?

That is the legal permissible exposure limit, not a safe level. OSHA even states that.

I could be wrong, Irving, but I believe asbestos hasn?t been used in brake pads since around 1985.

They are not prevalent but you can still buy asbestos brake pads, even some new import cars have them.

Back before I was banned from a popular running website, someone asked if it was okay to run barefoot on the street because they knew asphalt contained asbestos but they weren't sure if it would be absorbed through their feet.

Like many things, people are vaguely aware of dangers related to asbestos, but not a great general understanding of why. I feel like that's mostly because of the class action lawsuit commercials. Fun fact about those commercials and their timing. Large settlements can be required to be paid out at fixed intervals. You see those commercials just before another batch of settlements is about to be released (same for pharmaceutical lawsuits), so the lawyers run the ads to get as many people signed up as possible before the scheduled settlement drops.

Asbestos fibers can inter through the skin. They can also cause "asbestos warts."

Don't tell anyone, but I removed the asbestos tile from my house by myself and threw it directly into the trash. I could have paid a company $10,000 to do the exact same thing but double bag it before they threw it into the trash, but I opted not to. Nebraska has no laws about asbestos. Neither does Montana, which is where the big asbestos plant was that kicked everything off in the first place.

Bailey, watch a couple Mymechanics retiraron videos on YouTube and restore that sucker!

Removal from you home home is perfectly legal but you are supposed to dispose of properly. Montana and Nebraska may not have state laws but federal laws still apply. It wasn't an asbestos plant, it was a vermiculite mine and processing plant in Libby Montana. That didn't kick it off but it was a huge issue that changed a lot of regulations.

[Irving]

Yeah, exactly what I said!

There are real issues concerning asbestos. Now Radon seems like a complete fabrication, but I know a lot less about that.

[ray1970]

Radon. A buddy was selling his house and after the inspection he had to have a $4K system installed to mitigate the high levels in the basement.

Radionuclides must also a thing. A fountain I used to drink out of is now out of service because of high levels.

[def90]

When I have to make a hard stop on I25 during rush hour I like to roll down my window and take a deep breath or two.