Mesothelioma and Asbestos

Montana’s congressional delegation, including U.S. Senators Max Baucus as well as Jon Tester as well as Representative Denny Rehberg, possess asked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to clarify expected plans for Libby, Montana. In disconnected letters submitted to the EPA, the delegates asked for formal assurances that the government will see the Libby Superfund site cleanup as well as the beleaguered people of Libby through to the end. In addition, they want assurances that the EPA will continue to support the tiny town of 3,000 incase the asbestos contamination issues turn out to be worse than anticipated. Already, 400 Libby residents possess died of mesothelioma as well as other asbestos-related diseases from the defunct W.R. Grace vermiculite mine.

The EPA set up camp in Libby more than a decade ago in the wake of humorless health concerns that began to appear at the time, but their risk assessment study will not be completed for another five years. The EPA acknowledges that part of the delay is bureaucratic as well as that the problem is bigger than earliest anticipated.

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