[TheRealVille]

i believe we have know asbestos will kill you 25 30 years ago maby longer and
they are now just trying to clean it up? this is crazy

They have known asbestos will kill you as far back as the late 1800's. That is the problem, and why the big companies are having to pay out the nose. They kept the dangers hid, until the mid 70's. In the mid 70's the use of asbestos was outlawed, but to help the companies out that had tons of it in their plants, the government left a stipulation in place that basically said, "if you keep it controlled, and covered up, it can remain in your plant". That's where the problem begins, companies are flagrantly defying this rule, because it is very expensive to get rid of, and cover up exposed asbestos. They know they have 20-30 years before a person is likely to get sick from exposure, so they have a very big window to work with for each person.