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=== User: Last year I drilled and hand-sawed large holes into an AIB ceiling containing amosite asbestos. ===
Last year I drilled and hand-sawed large holes into an AIB ceiling containing amosite asbestos. I'm 34 years old. I used a P2 respirator for most - but not all the activity. I must have been in the room cutting for a few hours in total, across a couple of days. It was since professionally removed so no longer a concern (except for any contamination in the rest of the house that would be impossible to track now), but I'm extremely worried about the risks of developing Mesothelioma later in life. Can you try to quantify the risk I face from this activity? I understand asbestos is generally understood to be cumulative risk but I think that's primarily in regard to chrysotile. I fear there is now low threshold for amosite, but I'd still like to understand the realistic likelihood of developing mesothelioma later in life based on this level of exposure, even if pretty much one-off.

=== Assistant: Thank you for the detailed background. ===
Thank you for the detailed background. To help quantify the potential risk from your specific exposure, could you please share a few more details:
# Roughly how large were the holes you cut, and how many did you make?
# Were you using power tools or only hand tools (you mentioned hand sawing—any drilling with electric tools)?
# How enclosed was the space—e.g., was it a sealed room or was there ventilation (like open windows or fans)?
# Did you wear any protective clothing besides the P2 respirator?
# When you say 'P2 respirator for most of the activity'—how much of the cutting or drilling was done without the mask?
# Was there any visible dust during or after the activity?

These details can help make the risk estimation more accurate. Once I have them, I’ll look into research and data on short-term high-risk amosite exposure and its correlation with mesothelioma risk.

=== User: - A few core holes drilled with a drill, that I then used a hand saw to cut what was meant to be a projector screen rec… ===
* A few core holes drilled with a drill, that I then used a hand saw to cut what was meant to be a projector screen recess hole - I'd say the final hole I cut must have been about 1-1.5m long by about 20cm wide.
* The door was closed but definitely not air tight. It must have been open a few times.
* no ventilation as it was a basement, but there was an envirovent silent 100 extractor fan running most of the time, though I don't think it would do a lot to help.

-not much protective clothing, just the dust mask.
* don't think it had a thick cloud of dust in the air but during the cutting obviously there would be debris and dust around the work area

=== Assistant: Thanks for sharing those details. ===
Thanks for sharing those details. I’ll look into the scientific and occupational health literature to estimate the mesothelioma risk from a one-off, short-term, moderate-to-high exposure to amosite asbestos—like the cutting and drilling you described, using partial respiratory protection in a poorly ventilated room. I’ll focus on dose-response data, case studies, and expert consensus around such exposure scenarios.

I’ll get back to you shortly with a detailed summary.