Exposure to asbestos?

Chest and lungs
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Hi, I hope I'm in the right place to ask, if not then my apologies.

I live in council property and having work carried out on kitchen by contractors. There was an asbestos survey carried out prior to work starting and showed there was asbestos present in the kitchen floor. This morning the workers came and tried to get the floor up of 2 layers of Marley tile. The top layer was put on top of the existing ones early 1980's, not sure when the first were put down. They couldn't get all of the tiles up but ones they could have exposed black bitumen. I have been left with broken Marley tile all over the kitchen and I'm worried sick I'm being left exposed to asbestos over the weekend until they come again Monday. From what I've read that once the tiles have been disturbed they should be taken up straight away, is this right?

Many thanks for any information and again my apologies if I'm in the wrong place to ask.

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I'm no expert in this matter (apart from having contracted Asbestosis from my earlier working life) but it is a well known fact that these tiles contained asbestos, and as such should be removed in a controlled manner by specialist firms, in one operation.

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Thank you so much for your reply. It is making me sick with worry leaving the Marley tiles broken where it says in the asbestos report from where everything was tested 2 months ago before the work started that it is in the kitchen floor where the asbestos is. I lost my dad 3 years ago to asbestosis so can see what happens, it's very frightening. Thank you again for your reply, I'm very grateful and will see into it on Monday.

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Im Not sure about that material ,but if it bothers that much...I would c a Pulmonary Dr but if u start having breathing problems, I surely would check out my lungs! A chest CT Scan will show the difference! I hope this helps!