A 298 W hen Iceland became the first country to ban most forms of asbestos in 1983, 1 global use hovered around 4.3–4.7 million metric tons per year. 2 Twenty-five years later, with several dozen countries now implementing some form of ban, 1 that number had dropped to 2.1 million metric tons. 3 Today, while demand has plummeted in most developed countries, it continues to rise in those countri...
