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July 19, 2011

Montana: Regulators Knew Contaminated Bark Was Being Sold In Asbestos-Tainted Town 
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In other news from Montana, the Associated Press has revealed federal
regulators knew potentially contaminated bark and wood chips were being
sold from a Superfund site in the asbestos-tainted town of Libby,
Montana for three years before they stopped the practice. The
contaminated wood chips were placed in yards, city parks, outside
schools and at the local cemetery. Asbestos from a W.R. Grace mine in
Libby has killed an estimated 400 people and sickened at least 1,750
people.



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