Ask HN: Help Any way to DIY test/identify Asbestos

I just moved to a new place early this month and after expanding a hole through the plaster there was quite a bit of dust and my lungs seem to feel poor since then. Reasons I am concerned:

- 3 bedroom is in rough shape, pulled records it was built in 1860, so unclear how/when renovations were done.

- limited maintenance & tons of coats of paint + poor cludgy fixes seem to indicate they cant fix/remodel without abatement.

- i am a carpenter & was wearing a duskmask. I now have a respetstor with a p100 filter but did not then.

- eyes itch

- kid in apartment downstairs has a racking cough i hear through the floor. Obv he smokes weed, cough does sound horrible & he has lived here 13months.

- the wallpapering in one room is ripped/torn...a lot and wasn’t repaired.

I have to live here, I literally just moved in. I have to spend the night unless i call in a favor. I cant get a dept health inspector here for a couple days & the test kits all require 7 days to process. Not sure if i vacate in interim.

Place is in bad shape. I spoke with a 3m tech and have rated gear but i am currently about to be hanging out in my own apartment in close to a fucking hazmat suit. I looked into asbestos & its nasty stuff, hard to get solid info given the value of this keyword search.

Thanks