Month: February 2019
People in Libby, Montana, still being diagnosed with mesothelioma
In 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency declared a public health emergency in Libby, Montana. More than $575 million was spent on cleaning up tremolite asbestos fibers strewn across the town in the form of vermiculite. According to EPA studies, thevermiculite mine near the town (which the W.R. Grace Company purchased in 1963 and ran until