The airborne cloud of toxicity that hung over the World Trade Center site after its destruction has had an immense impact on individuals who worked in rescue and recovery efforts, and in the initial demolition efforts.  There has been no comprehensive assessment of the medical problems that have resulted from the tragedy and its [...]

The tale of the W.R. Grace vermiculite mine that turned out ore contaminated with asbestos for decades is old news.  The mine is located in Libby, Montana; has been declared an EPA Superfund site, the town has been named a health disaster area, and its citizens have been folded into Medicare coverage in the recent [...]

The Toronto Star has run a two-part series on the continuing asbestos mining industry that exists in Quebec.  There are two mines still in operation in the province: the Thetford Mines in Thetford and the Jeffrey mine, located in Asbestos, Quebec – a mine that was opened by the Johns Manville Corp. in 1879 and [...]

Recently the Daily Inter Lake, a northwest Montana news publication, interviewed several residents of Libby, Montana where the infamous W.R. Grace vermiculite mine is located.  The mine was closed in 1990 but not before its asbestos-contaminated ore and the operations of the mine’s milling facility brought asbestos cancer and other asbestos related respiratory diseases to [...]

The worst case of community asbestos exposure in the nation’s history took another turn this week as the new national healthcare legislation moved through the Senate.  The asbestos disaster we refer to is the vermiculite mine in Libby, Montana that operated from about 1920 through 1990.  The vermiculite ore from that mine was – and [...]