We may need to drive stakes through their hearts, stuff their mouths with garlic, and cut off their heads.

At what point does this begin to approach insanity?

Something has to be done to make litigation work so that attacking someone is not cost free. There are no penalties whatsoever to suing pretty much anyone you can think of, win or lose. Lawyers are reaping huge rewards from this, while actual plaintiffs often get little or nothing.

The asbestos scare was largely horseshit. Actual asbestos damage was often limited to those like shipyard workers who worked extensively with it, and those damaged were usually smokers.

Now, with lawyers and "asbestos removal firms" hauling in the cash, the facts are no longer relevant. An investigation into the cozy relationship between the government organizations that scream about "dangerous" pollutants and the industries which "remove" near-imaginary levels of said pollution might be very revealing.