Blaming this on Trump wouldn't be fair. He lacks the intelligence and curiosity to actually take more than a surface look at these kind of subjects.
At least he's appointed deregulation warriors, like Scott Pruitt who's ideology and greed supercede public safety.
I have numerous friends from and some of whom still live in Libby, MT, home of a WR Grace owned vermiculite mine. Hundreds there have died from asbestos related illness and thousands are currently afflicted. And it wasn't just the miners, they used the stuff as filler in playground bark and it went nation-wide into commercial and residential insulation.
WR Grace bought the place in the 60's already with knowledge of the contamination. They of course declared bankruptcy, escaping litigation.
1) This is what happens when conks are in charge of the environment.
2) This wasn't the first WR Grace transgression and is a solid example of why we need a corporate death penalty.
http://www.newsweek.com/pruitt-trump-as ... ump-962703