and we will have more like it if the corporatocracy's craven creature Mitt gets in the White House.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libby,_Montana
From the link:
Two documentary films, Libby, Montana, and Dust to Dust, and four books (An Air That Kills by Andrew Schneider and David McCumber, Libby, Montana: Asbestos and the Deadly Silence of an American Corporation by Andrea Peacock, and Wasting Libby: The True Story of How the WR Grace Corporation Left a Montana Town to Die (and Got Away with It) by Andrea Peacock, and Fatal Deception by Michael Bowker) have been written regarding the asbestos issue in Libby.
In February 2005 the Federal Government began a criminal conspiracy prosecution[20] of Grace and of seven current and former Grace employees. The government alleged that Grace conspired to hide from employees and the town residents the asbestos dangers and that it knowingly released asbestos into the environment.[20] On May 8, 2009, a jury found W.R. Grace & Co. and all of the accused employees not guilty on all counts. During the trial the federal government dropped all of the charges against 2 of the former executives. The remaining 4 were all found not guilty by a Montana jury. The last defendant was never tried and charges against him were dismissed shortly after the not guilty verdicts.
On June 17, 2009 the EPA declared its first public health emergency. This emergency covers Libby and nearby Troy. It will provide an additional $130 million in cleanup and medical assistance.[15] ...
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