The health of laborers and the public are at risk because companies are skirting asbestos-handling laws while regulators consider the other way.

The health of laborers and the public are at risk because companies are skirting asbestos-handling laws while regulators consider the other way, say workers engaged in the Coast's cleanup.

present employees of contractors spoke to the sunshine Herald. They refused to use their names for fear of retaliation or dismissal.

All said they had been trained and certified in meet asbestos-abatement techniques with a combined total of more than 15 years in the business.

All worked for different companies operating at different points of structural inspection, demolition and debris removal.

The violations they reported have be derived together to create what they said is a storm of long-term health danger, single in kind that neither the public nor workers uniform know that they need to take shelter from.

Asbestos is a natural mineral fiber formerly used in building insulation and is still used in one manufactured products like brake