Whilst you are "googling" check the difference between Blue, White and Brown Asbestos!
The law (in the UK) has tightend up over the last 20 years but you were allowed to work with White or Brown but NOT with Blue!
I did a job in Turners Asbestos in trafford park 25 years ago and the safety kit they were using then was top of the line, electric powered posative pressure filtered full face masks etc! There was one of there lads who thaught it was all "overblown hype, just like that anthracite stuff" who insisted in wearing only a boiler suit tied round his waist ..... I wonder where he is buried now?