This is probably asbestos, right?

[Airegin]

I'll get this tested at a lab tomorrow but I won't know the results until next week. This is one of many pieces of old removable ceiling panels (30+ years old):

Sorry for the bad pic but I don't want to take it out the bag. There's a whole bunch of fibers which leads me to suspect it's asbestos. Some of the fibers are red and blue though, what's up with that?

Edit: More pics of the bigger pieces that fell down (these are all wet from leaks in the roof):

This one's soaking wet, the outer layer has degraded:

 

[Deleted member 532]

Only someone qualified to test it in a lab can give you proper results...

 

[Exile20]

You could have easily googled it.

What Does Asbestos Look like? Asbestos Identification | Merryhill

What does asbestos look like? This guide will help you visually identify asbestos containing materials both inside and outside of buildings.

www.merryhillenvirotec.com

Looks like fibreglass to me but you need to carry it to a lab.

 

[Airegin]

Only someone qualified to test it in a lab can give you proper results...

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Obviously but I've been surrounded by these crumbling ceiling panels for a year so I'm kinda freaking out right now.

 

[Airegin]

You could have easily googled it.

What Does Asbestos Look like? Asbestos Identification | Merryhill

What does asbestos look like? This guide will help you visually identify asbestos containing materials both inside and outside of buildings.

www.merryhillenvirotec.com

Looks like fibreglass to me but you need to carry it to a lab.

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I did a lot of Googling already and the panels look EXACTLY likes the ones here, from all sides:

Asbestos Ceiling Tile Panel

Many requests have been received for example photos of asbestos ceiling tile and ceiling panels. Shown above is one example of an asbestos-containing suspended ceiling panel, one of many types, which are found in a seemingly countless array of surface patterns and textures. More examples of...

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It's at least comforting to know it might just be fiberglass though. Test results won't be in for another week so I need to calm down right now.

 

[Nugnip]

Could be any mineral fiber, most are harmless.

 

[Transistor]

Yeah, that looks like fiberglass more than asbestos, but smart thing getting it tested

 

[DickGrayson]

Does not look like asbestos, especially if it's only 30+ years old.

 

[Airegin]

Does not look like asbestos, especially if it's only 30+ years old.

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My country kept using asbestos in everything until 1998, when it was finally banned. It's literally everywhere around here.

 

[Praxis]

There was an old world war 2 prisoner of war camp near us when we were kids, it was mainly just rubble and a few skeletal buildings, we used to go there and have mud bomb fights and used the cement ceiling tiles as shields, little did we know they were asbestos ones...

 

[cdr Jameson]

I thought we had asbestos in the basement in the isolation around the pipes. I sended samples to a lab, turned it was not asbestos.
Outside of healthscare, there was also the cost associated with the removal of this specific kind of asbestos, which would involve wrapping in the whole basement in plastic ET-style and would cost 10 000's of euros.

I was very happy when I got the results from the lab.

 

[Airegin]

More pics of the bigger pieces that fell down (these are all wet from leaks in the roof):

This one's soaking wet, the outer layer has degraded:

 

[Nugnip]

You can add as many pictures as you want, it's impossible to tell without a lab analysis. Asbestos is microscopic. Anyone telling you it "looks like asbestos" either doesn't know what they're talking about, or are fucking with you. This kind of ceiling tiles can have asbestos is them, or not, and they'll look absolutely identical.

 

[Shodan14]

You can add as many pictures as you want, it's impossible to tell without a lab analysis. Asbestos is microscopic.

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It's not like it's invisible, my dude.

 

[Airegin]

You can add as many pictures as you want, it's impossible to tell without a lab analysis. Asbestos is microscopic.

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Like I said, it will take a week to get the results. I only want to know if it's more or less likely to be asbestos.

 

[Nugnip]

It's not like it's invisible, my dude.

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No of course, but you can't tell the difference on a picture.

 

[Captain Tuttle]

If it's only 30 years old it's very likely that it's not asbestos, I think they stopped using it in the 70's

But good idea to get it tested, you never know

 

[The Albatross]

Looks like generic fiberglass ceiling panel used in a drop ceiling, but just in pretty rough condition. Asbestos was kinda rare to use in ceiling tiles in the last 20, 30 years because fiberglass was/is cheaper by that point and places where those ceiling tiles are commonly used don't really need the insulating/flame retardant qualities of asbestos especially in houses.

I'd recommend posting it on a Home Improvement subreddit... Therre's a lot of "Wtf is this?" posts on those and the people are really helpful and usually right. Ultimately your city/state can probably test it for free for you to confirm.

 

[Shodan14]

No of course, but you can't tell the difference on a picture.

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I don't disagree.

 

[BLEEN]

Extremely hard to tell. Use FOCUS on your camera.

 

[Shodan14]

If it's only 30 years old it's very likely that it's not asbestos, I think they stopped using it in the 70's

But good idea to get it tested, you never know

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A partial ban went into effect in 1989, my dude.

 

[cdr Jameson]

If the tiles are wet the asbestos probably spread less IF IT IS ASBESTOS.

When dealing with something like this, don't take advice from the internet but from professionals.

 

[Nugnip]

If it's only 30 years old it's very likely that it's not asbestos, I think they stopped using it in the 70's

But good idea to get it tested, you never know

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Greatly depends on the country. In France, if the building has been built before 1997, that stuff is still everywhere.

 

[Stinkles]

It could be any number of fibers, from plastic to carbon - you even find horsehair in building products. Testing is the safest thing to do but you're not limited to asbestos and those fibers look pretty long tbh.