I have a huge problem with this attitude. Just because consumers shouldn't side their houses and insulate their pipes with it doesn't mean nobody should have it.

Asbestos is amazingly fire resistant. If the use case is extreme enough to make it worth it (working with dangerous materials is $$$) then I don't see why it shouldn't be used. Plenty of nasty materials and chemicals are used in all sorts of industries. I don't see why asbestos should get special treatment. I think the current status quo of "you can't use it in certain things and you need permission if you want to use it in anything else" is perfectly fine. If some company is willing to do what they need to use a dangerous material in 2018 (PPE, procedures for handling, insurance, etc, etc) and articulate a use case and why the alternatives don't work then why shouldn't they be able to use asbestos?

120 years give or take 10 years.

But the free market is always right. Right ?

Relaxing fossil-fuel emissions standards and every other EPA protection is also homicide. This is par for the course for Trump's EPA.