Asbestos: Behavior, Dust samples, Material samples

Good evening,

About 3 years ago, I removed the carpets with foam backing in my apartment, which was built in 1982/83, and the kitchen floor, a type of vinyl. Floating parquet was laid over it, and the baseboards were taped off.

I did not consider that the carpet, adhesive, or vinyl might contain asbestos. Now, three years later, I realize that I was quite careless in tearing out and scraping everything back then.

I would now like to find out whether I released asbestos at that time or if asbestos is still coming up into the room air under the new floor.

I still have exactly one piece of carpet remnant with adhesive. However, different carpets were installed....

I found out on the internet that dust samples (stamps) or material samples can be taken. However, I would prefer not to tear up the newly laid floor again. I am also mainly interested in whether there is an acute risk in the current situation. Therefore, I would like to have your opinion on how you would proceed to clarify the matter.

Thank you very much.

if you are worried: have it measured.

You can measure a lot. Dust, material, air? How would you approach that. The costs for air measurements are quite steep.

Asbestos is only released when it is worked on, or am I wrong?

And it can't be as bad as it is always portrayed... at least in Italy, where an entire bridge contaminated with asbestos is blown up and the dust that is blasted meters into the air is simply extinguished with water.

I was briefly stunned.

It is definitely bad, but no one gets sick from a short-term exposure. Okay, unless you come into brief contact with uranium, but that is something completely different, right