Back when Nixon was in office, asbestos was one of the first carcinogens regulated under the Clean Air Act of 1973. In 1989, President George H.W. Bush largely banned use of asbestos in the United States.
The use of asbestos is completely banned in over 60 countries, including Brazil, where 95% of the original asbestos used in the United States was sourced. Today, asbestos is only heavily restricted in the United States, but has never been formally banned. Asbestos is no longer used in common practices, with regulations allowing only 1% of asbestos to be used in various materials. Current political banter leaves many frightened by the reintroduction of this material in applications already deemed high risk. For many years asbestos has been proven a dangerous threat’