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Builders left asbestos in Garden - Help!

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  • GDB2222
    GDB2222 Posts: 26,686 Forumite
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    Do you grow a lot of your own veg? Otherwise, why do you need to test the garden for arsenic?
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    I would think arsenic in the soil, if there is any, will either be geological in nature or related to a previous business use of the land.

  • fizzgog
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    I take up old 9x9 floor tiles and they have a miniscule amount of asbestos in. I double bag it, first in a red bag, then a clear one to show its double bagged. Local council can dispose of it.
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