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🧱 Asbestos is still in millions of U.S. buildings.
Homes, schools, and offices.
Especially anything built before 1980.
EPA data says about 30 million pounds of asbestos are still in place nationwide.
💸 Abatement (Removal) is expensive.
Removing asbestos safely requires hazmat-certified crews, containment, air testing, and disposal.
According to the GAO, abatement costs range from $10 to $25 per square foot.
A large commercial building? That's hundreds of thousands in cleanup costs.
🏢 When buildings are sold or remodeled, abatement is often mandatory.
Even if federal law doesn’t force it, state and local codes often do. Especially in blue states and union cities.
It’s one of the biggest costs in flipping old properties.
So, who benefits from gutting asbestos regulations?
• Real estate developers
• Commercial landlords
• Slumlords with aging portfolios
This move pads their margins and lets them keep toxic buildings in play without paying for cleanup.
Meanwhile, the workers doing the demo?
The tenants breathing the air?
They’re the ones getting poisoned.
This isn’t deregulation.
It’s lethal favoritism for the billionaire class.
Sources:
EPA: https://t.co/NUAE9Y3oQO
GAO report on abatement costs: https://t.co/L0x575XMnv
NIH health risks: https://t.co/8Qbnm8PYkf
Let me clarify what “the bottom 60%” means…
It means the majority. The majority of U.S. households don't make enough money to afford a "minimal quality of life.”
>From New York
>Known by three-letter nickname
>Progressive gigachad
>Rescues country from cataclysmic failures of Republican leadership
>Saves Democratic Party from its own toxic national brand.
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