News comes today about the WR Grace Corporation agreeing to pay the US government $250 million for the asbestos contamination that has decimated the far northwest Montana town of Libby which has killed many and has many residents crippled with cancer. The company mined vermiculite ore outside the town which was strongly laced with the deadly carcinogen asbestos. Miners unknowingly spread the carcinogen to their families and throughout the community, and the WR Corporation was aware of the crisis and did nothing to act about it. Only through investigation and the diligence of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper did any publicity come to light concerning this tragedy and disgrace. This little quaint town in the forests of the northern Rockies has been decimated by this blatant act of incompetence and greed by this corporation and many will continue to suffer for years ahead.http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN1162541220080311
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