Thousands dead of Asbestos from W.R. Grace mine in Libby, Montana-2/4

A Town Suffering for Generations: Decades of Asbestos Exposure by W.R. Grace Mine Leave Hundreds Dead, 1,200+ Sickened in Libby

We broadcast from Missoula, Montana, where an environmental crimes trial is underway in what the government has called the nations biggest environmental disaster. Hundreds of miners, their family members and townsfolk have died, and at least 1,200 have been sickened, from exposure to asbestos-containing ore from a mine in Libby, Montana, owned by W.R. Grace and Company. We speak with Gayla Benefield, one of the first residents in Libby to raise awareness about the story and gain it national attention. Both her parents died from asbestosis. She and her husband both have the disease, and thirty members of her extended family have been affected. [includes rush transcript]

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• asbestos
• w.r.
• grace
• mine
• montana
• environment
• earth
• day
• democracy
• now

[Dojocho]

americans are crazy..they allow corperations to hide under the law..and let judgements stand...you people need to become more pro active and physically throw out the people who ruin your lives....People in eastern europe just refused to work anymore until the people in goverment left office...problem solved....It was called the velvet revolution

[supercrocodileman]

W R Grace make me sick. Fucking asshole dirty pricks. I cant watch this anymore. Makes me so sad.

[cancan108]

i used to live there. so many of the people that i knew died because of asbestos. it was so sad. my dad's pharmacy tech got rheumatoid arthritis because of it, she was even confined to a wheelchair and she was one of the strongest willed people that i have ever known. it was so sad

[peter17dude]

profit>health and safety

[titaninak]

i have been working asbestos/lead/hazardous waste removal since 1988> They use this video alot in trainging classes. My heart goes out to that work there and live in Libby.

[micahgee]

wow....