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A/C & Cooling |
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Air & Water Quality |
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Appliances |
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Basement, Attic & Loft |
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Bathrooms |
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Cabinets & Countertops |
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Car, Garage & Shop |
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Childproofing |
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Closets & Storage |
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Decorating & Furnishing |
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Design, Plan, Build |
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Doors |
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Electrical & Lighting |
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Floors & Stairs |
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Green Home, Save Energy |
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Heating & Fireplaces |
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Home Tech |
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Kitchens |
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Landscape & Structures |
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Lawn & Garden |
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Paint & Painting |
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Plumbing & Fixtures |
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Pools, Spas & Saunas |
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Real Estate & Finance |
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Roof, Chimney & Gutters |
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Safe & Secure Home |
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Seasonal, Family & Fun |
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Siding, Columns & Detail |
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Walls & Ceilings |
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Windows & Skylights |
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How Serious is Asbestos Exposure? |
To date, most research has centered around asbestos workers and their families, with whom it has been proven that chronic breathing of asbestos fibers causes permanent scarring of the lungs ("asbestosis"), lung cancer and mesothelioma.
At present, however, no definitive research links disease to incidental exposure in the home. This doesn't necessarily mean there's no risk. Data are difficult to gather in so broad a segment of the population, particularly because health problems may show up 30 to 40 years after exposure.
A growing number of doctors and researchers are concerned about the long-term effects of low-level exposure. As a rule, asbestos fibers tend to attach themselves permanently to lung tissue long-term, residual accumulation might eventually catch up.
The prudent assumption, voiced by Lee Thomas, former Administrator of the EPA, is that there is "no safe exposure" to airborne asbestos.
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