Libby, Montana Determined a Public Health Emergency by EPA
Asbestos contamination in Libby and Troy, Montana have created such a public health concern that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Health and Human Services (HHS) used the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) to implement further clean-up action and health care for residents. The incidences of asbestosis, a lung disease ... Read More
W.R. Grace Acquitted of Asbestos Charges
Residents are still reeling after a jury on May 12 acquitted W.R. Grace and three executives of knowingly exposing residents to asbestos and then covering it up. After more than 200 deaths and 1200 or more instances of lung cancer and other diseases in the town related to asbestos exposure, folks there just can’t see ... Read More
Thoughts on the WR Grace Criminal Trial
Kirk Johnson of the New York Times (NYT 2/19/09) has a really great article on the federal criminal trial of executives of WR Grace & Company taking place in Missoula, Montana for deaths (at least 200) and disabilities from asbestosis, mesothelioma, and lung cancer arising from the Vermiculite Mine in Libby, Montana. The article corrects ... Read More
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