So I've been asking around since my diagnosis and the answer pissed me off. They didn't actually ban it. It's restricted but not banned, which is basically the government saying "we know it kills people but here's a loophole."
They banned it in like 1989 for most stuff but then reversed a bunch of that in 1991. Some asbestos products are still legal to sell and use in the US right now. Insulation, brake pads, certain gaskets. It's still out there.
I was at Camp Lejeune from 1978 to 1982 and the barracks had asbestos wrapped around pipes everywhere. Nobody told us anything. Then I spent time on the USS Iwo Jima and same deal. We were just living in it, breathing it, and the government knew the whole time.
What really gets me is they knew in the 70s and 80s that this stuff causes meso. They had the data. But it wasn't profitable to stop using it so they just... didn't. And now here we are.
If you were military like me or worked in construction, HVAC, shipyards, any of that, the odds are you got exposed to asbestos that was legal at the time. That's not your fault. But it matters for your VA claim and your lawsuit. Document where you worked and when.
Anyway, to answer the question: no, it's not fully banned. And yeah, that's messed up.