so ive ben reading alot about asbestos and silica and dust and long term exposure causing lung disease and death
well, the A/C unit in my part of the house is VERY OLD ,and is SOOOO dusty…alll of te "grilles" ,the white metal bars where the air comes out always has alot of dust around it, espeically under it, and the ac unit closet itself is really dusty, so it leads to think that dust is constantly being blown by the A/C
to make matters worse, i think the duct is made out of abestos
ALSO…i think the duct may pass through the attic which is full of white wool, glass wool, rock wool, or something. the ac duct is right above my bed(and theres a second not far off)
is all that dust abestos(if it is actually asbestos) im breathing in now going to affect me later in life? and kill me? im 17, ive lived in this house for 14 years.
my questions are
-what is this stuff, abestos,what?
-if im 17 now, will it really last into my 80s?
-health risks?
-signigifcance of exposure?
-is there a lung test i can do, to see if i have these pieces?
the house was built in the 1920s or 30s, but obviously it has been redone many times. i do think the A/C duct is asbestos though; wouldnt the dust got blown in my room?

so ive ben reading alot about asbestos and silica and dust and long term exposure causing lung disease and death
well, the A/C unit in my part of the house is VERY OLD ,and is SOOOO dusty…alll of te "grilles" ,the white metal bars where the air comes out always has alot of dust around it, espeically under it, and the ac unit closet itself is really dusty, so it leads to think that dust is constantly being blown by the A/C
to make matters worse, i think the duct is made out of abestos
ALSO…i think the duct may pass through the attic which is full of white wool, glass wool, rock wool, or something. the ac duct is right above my bed(and theres a second not far off)
is all that dust abestos(if it is actually asbestos) im breathing in now going to affect me later in life? and kill me? im 17, ive lived in this house for 14 years.
my questions are
-what is this stuff, abestos,what?
-if im 17 now, will it really last into my 80s?
-health risks?
-signigifcance of exposure?
the house was built in the 1920s or 30s, but obviously it has been redone many times. i do think the A/C duct is asbestos though; wouldnt the dust got blown in my room?

This is gonna sound very dumb but about a year ago i bought an old house and did some remodeling . i had to install a new window and cut some siding away well turns out it was asbestos . i know i had to breathe some in. And since then i have been diagnosed with uveitus an eye inflamation disease. i have been tested for everything associated with uveitus which includes a chest x ray. now with being exposed that one time could that cause health issues or am i over reacting the dust was contained to the back of the house but im also concerned some got inside and my 3 year could also be affected . this is a nightmare and anyone that knows any facts would be greatly appreciated. I read all over long term exposure is what causes cancer buy now a days it seems like just trying to take care of your family and fix up your house you got someone telling you it can kill you. I worry alot and this is driving me nuts

For school we have to figure out what disease a person has after hearing a brief story how they began to show symptoms and died. The story I have to do is about a farmer who had a winter full of rain, a perfect spring and a great wheat harvest. After a year of good luck, he decided he was going to fix his barns roof. He worked on it for hours each day. After the roof was done he went to bed with a fever and chills. He then had trouble breathing and was hospitalized, he died two days later.

I’m thinking that he might have Mesothelioma, a disease you get from asbestos. I know that it takes a year to kill someone if untreated, and it sounds like he was in his barn (which had an old roof, and old building sometimes have asbestos) alot of that year. A lot of the symtoms are the same too. I’m just not sure if the symptoms are suppose to come sooner or something, so I was wondering if Im right or not. Does anyone know?
I’m pretty sure he started fixing the roof after the harvest. The actual sheet says "Once harvesting was done, he decided that the barn needed a new roof.". Looking back on it if it went over a course of a year, then he spent the Summer and Autumn after the spring working on it too… I think

I live in a apartment where they used paint that has abestos in it. I’ve notice since we moved here, I’ve been getting alot of headaches….but, not just me…other people in the household are getting them too. Do you think asbestos are causing our headaches and is that really bad?