Back in October 2020, I helped a handy man gut out a Sunday school room, as part of a church hall. I broke up old ceiling tiles and fibreglass insulation and took it all out the back to into a tip. 

Fast forward to late January 2021 and I was doing some online learning, specifically health and safety. My tutor explained that’s there’s stuff in old building materials that, if you inhale the dust from said materials, it can give you cancer later in life, namely asbestos. 

I was in shock and horror after I found this out, as my mind raced back to the day in the church hall. 

I spoke to the man who I worked with. He doesn’t work with the stuff, and never would. The man I worked with, spoke with someone from the church who said there was no asbestos in the room we worked in. I also contacted someone from the church who said the entire church hall had been tested and came back safe. 

Despite all this reassurance, I still can’t shake this anxiety that they might be all wrong. 

It is bothering me, and given this is an anxiety subreddit, I felt it was appropriate to write this here. 

Thanks