One of my neighbours died late last year of asbestosis, caused from when he was in the Navy.
Big arguments between the family and the coroner now about industrial versus non-industrial version, if industrial then they can sue the government if not then well that's just bad luck.
But, that said it can kill you, but he was also a smoker, heavy drinker and in his late 70's and even though that's not old he had a pretty exotic life, one of his many wives was a Venezuelan stripper 🙂