Asbestos insulation is actually perfectly safe, in the wall.
Older apartments, particularly ones that have been regularly renovated or poorly maintained, don’t do a good job of keeping asbestos inside the walls. Also, asbestos itself tends to break down over time and become more difficult to keep contained. This makes asbestos cleanup extremely difficult and expensive.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 10 months ago
The problem is, it rarely ends up staying there. The walls always end up coming down one way or the other, don’t they.
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 10 months ago
Yes, but it’s usually not the building residents that take them down.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 10 months ago
Sure but I’ve definitely heard of cases where residents ended up getting exposed too. Lack of proper maintenance, accidents, ill-advised wall drilling, etc.