Friday, August 3, 2007

Health authorities blame contamination for sickening one of every eight people in Libby Montana

July 31, 2007 - Libby is home to the now-closed W.R. Grace vermiculite mine. The vermiculite was used in a variety of household products. And it contained tremolite asbestos, which is blamed by some health authorities for killing about 200 people, and sickening one of every eight people in Libby.

The EPA declared the area a Superfund site.

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