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While airborne asbestos fibers clearly ARE a risk, the extent to which this has resulted in ridiculous profiteering is insane. I recently was involved with a project which involved the demolition of an 800,000 sq. ft. former mental hospital. Due to the fact that the ENTIRE backup wall (typical masonry construction with backup wall, cavity and exterior-facing brick / veneer wall) had been essentially fire-hosed with ACM mastic for waterproofing on top of the fact that there was so much ACM in pipe insulation, plaster and other elements, it would have been impractical to selectively abate. After having THREE separate hazmat speciality consultants review it, the best solution was determined to have the ENTIRE building demolished and disposed of as bulk hazardous material (would've been far more expensive to do selective abatement). The cost estimate was north of $16M. That's sixteen MILLION dollars - just to demolish a vacant, condemned building. That's the level of lunacy this has gotten to.