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Fibreglass insulation
VfM4meplse
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I've long thought that loose fibreglass (the pink and tufty stuff) is unsafe to the degree that a mask is required, but can appreciate that much like asbestos if its contained within a sealed product and not disturbed it passes muster. Am I right?
If so, why is the pink stuff still sold?
If so, why is the pink stuff still sold?
Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!
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Hope is not a strategy
...A child is for life, not just 18 years....Don't get me started on the NHS, because you won't win...I love chaz-ing!0
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On building sites 30 years ago is was recognised as a concern. There were thoughts about long term exposure and cancer. We had warnings. But there is not really that exposure, and I do not think anything is proven. The issue is these are strands of glass that form an irritant and cut. Hence the mask, gloves and overalls when laying the stuff. Once laid it is left undisturbed. No way would anyone want a usable attic space with such stuff exposed.0
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VfM4meplse wrote: »I've long thought that loose fibreglass (the pink and tufty stuff) is unsafe to the degree that a mask is required, but can appreciate that much like asbestos if its contained within a sealed product and not disturbed it passes muster. Am I right?
If so, why is the pink stuff still sold?
Because the risk is negligible."no one has found any of cancer attributable to the manufacture or installation of glass wool fibers in spite of diligent searches"
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/105361050 -
Gloomendoom wrote: »Because the risk is negligible.
What about silicosis, has anyone looked into fibres causing this?0 -
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All this means is that no correlation has been found yet. We are reliant on observational evidence in the absence of a prospective RCT (which wouldn!!!8217;t gain ethical approval anyway). Common sense suggests exposure should be avoided where possible.Gloomendoom wrote: »Because the risk is negligible.
So my next question is: is there any requirement for a rental property with the pink tufty stuff as loft insulation (not marketed as a living space) to have this contained in some way?Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!
"No man is worth, crawling on the earth"- adapted from Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
Hope is not a strategy...A child is for life, not just 18 years....Don't get me started on the NHS, because you won't win...I love chaz-ing!0 -
Asbestos causes asbestosis unlike loft insulation which is an irritant but doesn't cause a disease.0
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