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This is not factual.

Asbestos is not kryptonite. One time exposure is not going to have short term or long term impact to your health.

There is a lot of FUD around asbestos, check out all of the panicked posts on reddit.



This is not factual.

The cancer causing mechanism of asbestos is mechanical. A single strand in the wrong place could cut your DNA up. With any probabilistic process the more exposure the more chances and the greater the likelihood.




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