Older popcorn ceilings had asbestos in them.
Well, THAT'S special - and something I didn't know as an interior renovater.
Asbestos wont hurt you if you leave it intact. Break it up into dust, and it will but just hanging there, like the asbestos siding on an old farm house I own, or in old ceiling tiles, they wont hurt you at all.
Indeed people would be amazed how many items in the house has it in them start with some floor tiles.