Hi there - I am in the UK.
I am having a bit of a health scare panic, about asbestos, and it has really really got to me.
I have a garage in my garden with an asbestos roof, that is getting a bit leaky and dilapidated.
About ten years ago, I was putting down some new insulation in my loft and spent the day bagging up something that I have just realised, by accident, is caused Vermiculite - there are horrifying stories about this stuff in America and Canada.
I have just read that Artex contains asbestos too - I have spent so many times, over the years, cleaning our ceilings and also had an accident whereby our Artex ceiling was damaged and I just patched it up and hoovered up the dust.
With regards to the Vermiculite, I sent off a sample and got back a negative result. However, I couldn't stop myself looking up about the stuff and have read that some samples can come back as false negatives and that, in places like Canada, you need to take up to three random samples to be sure and, even then, you can never be really sure.
I have sent off for another two testing kits and am thinking of having a proper asbestos survey done by professionals.
I haven't slept for literally days and have stopped eating. I keep having panic attacks and do not know what to do.
All I keep thinking about is the damage that I may have done to myself and my family and what health risks await.
I try my best not to think about it but nothing seems to keep me dwelling about me or my family dying from mesothelioma.
Any advice on what to do would be much appreciated.
I am having a bit of a health scare panic, about asbestos, and it has really really got to me.
I have a garage in my garden with an asbestos roof, that is getting a bit leaky and dilapidated.
About ten years ago, I was putting down some new insulation in my loft and spent the day bagging up something that I have just realised, by accident, is caused Vermiculite - there are horrifying stories about this stuff in America and Canada.
I have just read that Artex contains asbestos too - I have spent so many times, over the years, cleaning our ceilings and also had an accident whereby our Artex ceiling was damaged and I just patched it up and hoovered up the dust.
With regards to the Vermiculite, I sent off a sample and got back a negative result. However, I couldn't stop myself looking up about the stuff and have read that some samples can come back as false negatives and that, in places like Canada, you need to take up to three random samples to be sure and, even then, you can never be really sure.
I have sent off for another two testing kits and am thinking of having a proper asbestos survey done by professionals.
I haven't slept for literally days and have stopped eating. I keep having panic attacks and do not know what to do.
All I keep thinking about is the damage that I may have done to myself and my family and what health risks await.
I try my best not to think about it but nothing seems to keep me dwelling about me or my family dying from mesothelioma.
Any advice on what to do would be much appreciated.