According to the Wikipedia article[1] for the company mentioned in one of the other replies to this comment:

> The Raymark facility operated at (the Stratford) location from 1919 until 1989, manufacturing asbestos brake linings and other automotive asbestos products.

so it hasn't been true for 30 years. :)

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raybestos#Superfund_site_clean...