In recent decades, workplaces in Hawaii have undergone significant transformation, with its key sectors historically depending on asbestos. The repercussions of these past decisions still resonate — impacting the health and well-being of workers and veterans today. That is because long before asbe stos was officially recognized as an occupational hazard, it had become a mainstay across countless industrial products, including vehicular components, insulation, shingles and tiles, because of its resistance to heat and fire. ...read more read less