Most of us however do not become ill as a result of our exposure. More commonly those who at some point are diagnosed with asbestos disease have worked in jobs where more substantial exposure occurred over longer periods of time. In the environmental protection agency banned all new use of asbestos but uses established prior to that time were still allowed. . All told more than products contained asbestos. For more than years products containing asbestos remained unregulated and the manufacturers of those products continued to prosper knowing full well that many of the millions of workers who came into contact with their products would ultimately suffer as the result of their actions.