EPA Will Revisit Biden-Era Ban on the Last Type of Asbestos Used in US

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6. It is abundant, an insulator, and fire-resistent

and it is generally "okay" (in quotes) as long as it doesn't disintegrate into fine particles where it can be inhaled and obviously cause issues.

Before I retired when I worked in a lab, we had asbestos gloves like this -



that we used to take things out of a muffle furnace we had for doing sample "ashing" (with the muffle furnace temps from 400C - 500C or ~800F - 1000F).

Until the earlier big ban around 1980, most buildings had some kind of asbestos "fire retardant" (foam) sprayed on the steel beams. As that stuff aged, it began to break down and go airborne and that is where the problems really hit.