An Asbestos Exposed Town

The EPA recently declared a public health emergency at the asbestos superfund site located in Libby, Montana, marking the first time in United States history that such declaration has been made. The
declaration comes after decades of asbestos pollution to the town, mineworkers, and residents as a result of mining activities engaged in by W.R. Grace, the chemical giant that owned and operated the Libby mine for almost thirty years. The declaration also comes after the recent acquittal of three W.R. Grace executives for their role in the contamination of Libby. The EPA declaration provides a small piece of good news for a town that has already seen thousands diagnosed with a disease and hundreds die from the exposure to asbestos.

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News & Politics

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• Libby
• Montana
• Troy
• W.R. Grace
• trial
• acquittal
• public health emergency
• CERCLA
• superfund
• vermiculite
• mine
• EPA
• Lisa Jackson
• Max Baucus
• Asbestos
• Mesothelioma
• Levin Papantonio

[ladyi7609]

This was a surprisingly well made video. Did you use footage from the documentary Dust to Dust? I really enjoyed it and thought it had the perfect mixture of archival 8mm reel footage, contemporary footage, interview scenes, and news footage. At any case, thanks for including all of that footage and for making your video an interesting one to view. Such a shame what happened in Libby.  Asbestos is seriously bad stuff.