Asbestos can be nasty stuff - sure. And the sort of factory conditions seen
in the 50s should, of course, be banned.
But, I can take my disproportionate fear examples from the SF area:
1.) Schools were closed because fibres were found in the schools. They
forgot to test the air outside - where there were more fibres.
2.) Chrysotile asbestos is common along that bit of coast. Why close the
Golden Gate Bridge and have a huge health scare when a truck spills the stuff,
yet ignore the outcrops in the vicinity?
Asbestos in macroscopic form *should* be treated with respect, but its no
excuse to ignore basic common sense too.
Richard