When I first started working in corporate safety, one of the most nerve-wracking moments was learning about asbestos—its dangers, the regulations, and how much exposure is considered safe. The sheer...

I still remember the day my husband decided—without warning—that he was going to “modernize” our hallway with a ceiling refresh. One ladder, a paint scraper, and five minutes in, I...

I’ll never forget the first time I saw “the fluffy stuff.” I was helping an old friend renovate a 1960s bungalow in the middle of July—hot, sticky, and filled with...

I’ll never forget the time I crawled into a century-old attic during a home safety walkthrough and instantly felt my stomach drop. There it was—what looked like shredded grayish fluff...

I’ll be honest—when I first started my career in safety policy analysis, I naively assumed that asbestos was a thing of the past. After all, wasn’t it banned decades ago?...