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The EPA declared a public health emergency in Libby, Mont., after decades of asbestos-related diseases and deaths in the tiny community. Hundreds of people there have died and thousands have been sickened by a poisonous legacy of mining. W.R. Grace & Co. and its officials were acquitted in May of charges that officials knowingly concealed the dangers of mining asbestos-contaminated vermiculite. The company supplied more than 70% of U.S. vermiculite, a mineral used for insulation, from 1919 to 1990.
The announcement marks the first time the EPA has declared a public health emergency under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund, which took effect in 1980. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson made the announcement at a joint news conference with Montana Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. Sebelius announced a grant for short-term medical care in the towns of Libby and Troy. The EPA will also continue its efforts to remove asbestos from the area.
“This is a tragic public health situation that has not received the recognition it deserves by the federal government for far too long,” Jackson said. “We’re making a long-delayed commitment to the people of Libby and Troy. Based on a rigorous re-evaluation of the situation on the ground, we will continue to move aggressively on the cleanup efforts and protect the health of the people.”
-- Amy Littlefield
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Montana Does NOT Care About Victims Rights, the Laws even say we are not allowed to call you a Victim in Montana unless the Montana Court Systems says your a victim and that Rarely Happens.
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No One Cares about Libby Montana Victims because the Law says you are Not a Victim until the courts say you are and WR Grace paid off Montana Officials decade after decade and my friends, family, and fellow citizens paid the price with their life.
Look at the Court Case as it played out, though it was decades stalled and overdue, the victims were made to look like criminals - they had no voice and no rights. Blame the State of Montana. The Judge would NOT allow the Lawyers to Call these PROVEN VICTIMS, "Victims" see then the jury might feel sorry for their trite story of death, suffering, lung damage, real estate collapse, and a town in ruin due to a lying - cheating - stealing corporation that the State of Montana Embraced from Day ONE.
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The last Court Battle was seemingly the Final Say and You can Bet that someone, somewhere got the money that Libby is Dying to Have.
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And don't talk about the latest feeble influx of Money.... that is a Political Illusion.
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