The U.S. bans most common form of asbestos, after decades of pushback from industry

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Wait, there are countries where that shit is still legal?!

It's extremely effective and quite cheap.

... and super carcinogenic too.

Yeah but that's not stopping many. I'm not saying it's ok to keep using it. Just giving the reason. It's the same reason most electricity in the world comes from burning coal and gas.