An asbestos removal contractor was hired to remove wall panels full of asbestos from multiple levels of a ship in North Carolina. The panels were in such bad shape that they fell apart at the touch. Before work even began, the place was covered with asbestos dust. A field technician monitored the air quality and told the contractor to shut down the project. But the project's supervisor said that the monitoring results were wrong and went ahead with the work anyway, without conducting additional monitoring. Worse, he covered the area with plastic sheets that were full of "tears, holes, and […]