We highly recommend getting your home tested for asbestos prior to renovating.
Asbestos Testing
Asbestos Sampling
- Our highly trained & accredited Licenced Asbestos Assessors can undertake asbestos sampling
- Safely collect samples without contaminating your family home.
- We only use NATA (Notational Association of Testing Authorities) accredited labs.
- Results in as little as 24 hours expressed.
- We work all over the coast therefor can get to you most days a week to sample.
- We can save you time and prepare quotations for asbestos removal, if samples come back positive.
- After many years in the industry, we can distinguish between products that we know do not have asbestos in them. This will save you time and money by keeping the quantity of samples required to a minimum.
WHY IS TESTING SO IMPORTANT?
Having asbestos samples tested in a NATA (National Association of Testing Authorities Australia) is the only legally recognised form of asbestos testing in Australia. The benefits of laboratory testing are:
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100% Accuracy
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Avoids unnecessary exposure & health complications for your family & trades entering your worksite.
History
Asbestos was used in Australia from the 1940’s right up until the total ban in 2003. Asbestos was also used in over 3000 products. It was called the “Miracle mineral” and was used in everything including:
- Cigarette filters
- Children’s crayons
- Makeup
- Building products
- Clothing
- Paint
- Water pipes
- Wiring
Health
Inhalation of asbestos fibres can lead to the development of serious illnesses such as asbestosis, mesothelioma, and lung cancer. Employers have a responsibility to ensure that their workers follow safe practices when handling asbestos to prevent exposure. When asbestos is disturbed, it can release fine particles of dust containing asbestos fibres, which, when inhaled can result in illness.
Asbestosis
Asbestosis is a chronic respiratory condition caused by inhalation of high concentrations of asbestos fibres. The condition typically manifests 10 to 20 years after initial exposure. Asbestos fibres initially damage cell membranes in the lungs and, as a result, the lung tissue becomes hardened and scars. Symptoms of asbestosis include shortness of breath after exercise, persistent coughing, chest pain, phlegm, lung infections, pulmonary hypertension and heart failure.
Early abnormalities of asbestosis are difficult to detect in a lung X-ray, however, as the disease progresses the X-ray is characterised by a cloudy, ground glass appearance.
Lung Cancer
Lung cancer of the bronchial tubes, lungs and alveoli can develop after exposure to asbestos. Those who have been exposed to asbestos and who have smoked run a much greater risk of getting lung cancer.
Symptoms of lung cancer include an irritative cough with increasing sputum, followed by blood-tinged sputum, coughing up blood, chest pains and chest infections.
Mesothelioma
Mesothelioma is a cancer of the lung lining. It can result from low-level exposure to asbestos and can take 30 to 45 years to develop after initial exposure. It is an aggressive and painful cancer, and sufferers rarely live longer than 12 to 18 months.
A dull, aching chest pain and shortness of breath are the early symptoms, followed by abdominal pain, abdominal swelling and loss of weight.
Pleural Disease
Inflammation and irritation of outer lining of the lung, the pleura. The pleura stiffens and thickens widely (diffused thickening) or in patches (plaques) and can fill with fluid. This thickening can restrict breathing.
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