Lerah Parker addresses EPA officials during a meeting examining risk assessment in Libby. Parker and her husband, Mel, owned a nursery business at the former W.R. Grace vermiculite screening plant property 10 years ago. The Parkers had to vacate their land because of asbestos contamination.
December 6, 2009
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December 6, 2009 2 a.m.
Residents demand answers about toxicity of asbestos
‘What is a safe dose for Libby?’
LIBBY — Frustration boiled over Tuesday at a meeting in Libby where federal scientists were long on technical explanations but short on answers about how toxic Libby’s unique form of asbestos really is.