Testing is cheap , and then you can end up with zero exposure at all . Why would you expose yourself to any risk of cancer when it is entirely avoidable ? Inhaling asbestos is playing russian roulette . It ' s only a matter of time , and you cannot know when the hammer will drop , and you will only find out that it dropped decades later . <| sep |> Which tax are you referring to ? If you mean VAT only if you live outside the EU and the goods leave by 4 months from purchase and you aren ' t returning to the EU for 12 months as you are studying hereIf you mean Income Tax only if you are using the laptop wholly and exclusively for business , which you aren ' t . The education is not in the course of your trade , as you don ' t have a trade .