Most lab tops today are not asbestos based. There’s plenty of 40 plus year old ones still around that are and as long as you don’t break them they’re perfectly fine. But newer tops are all either epoxy or phenolic resin based.

I hope we all survive long enough for that to happen

Pretty sure the defense just needs to play this video and walk away https://youtu.be/U_M_uvDChJQ?si=LyTe04r6urqlR2Hy