Chrysotile asbestos

Hi i am worried sick my child and i have been stripping the wall paper off his  bed room walls and there was like a gritty paint underneath. I didn’t think anything of it and me and my 11 year old  starting scraping it off the bedroom walls.I then used a dust pan and brush and hoovered it all to clean it up and it wasn’t till later a after speaking to my sister she mentioned i should of had it tested before doing that. Absolute panic set in and i rang my council and they agreed to come out and test it.Turned out it was chrysotile asbestos then explained that the percentage of asbestos in it was 1-3 %. They sent someone out to clean the room and seal the walls and done an air test which they said was of low level like they would expect.The guilt and worry i feel for exposing my son to this and allowing him to help is unbearable and everything i am reading online is making me feel even worse.Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

  • Hi  

    I’m sorry to hear you are feeling so awful about this. I’m working my way back from going way down the rabbit hole after potential exposure from artex removal and my advice would be to stay off the internet searches as they only make you feel worse. As others will comment, we almost become asbestos experts and read everything we can to try and reason through things  but it can also be all consuming and only create more anxiety. Engage with all the information on this forum across other experiences and take faith in what others have shared and how they have found a way back from the worry / guilt.

    The fact the council are satisfied with the air test and aren’t suggesting any other actions is positive and I hope they provided support with any questions or worries you had.

    I would also recommend speaking to your doctor and the nurses on this forum for reassurance about one off low level exposures.

    There are reasoned responses on here that helped my greatly when my worry and anxiety went way beyond what  it should have been and I’m thankful for the time complete  strangers took to support me as we’ve all had the same fears. 

    I say this as someone who had only recently turned a corner in their framing of their narrative so completely understand what you are feeling just now. I felt like I was never going to move on but this forum has been one of the supports in helping me get there so please look up other posts and read the responses and take faith in what others have shared.