Do get screened periodically. Not like colonoscopy, just a low dose x ray. You will be in and out in minutes. Lung cancer is one of the most preventable of all cancers since it typically takes years to develop and shows up on scans very early. Rush would still be alive if he got screened.
Like with anything there are different forms of asbestos. Some are very bad, some are benign. The problem is once the class action lawsuit frenzy started, there was no stopping it until every possible lawsuit avenue was sucked dry. If something had the word asbestos in it, the lawsuit happened even if it was tangential and not dangerous. Billions squandered, lawyers bought islands