May 12, 2008 - EPA Fines W.R. Grace for Montana Disaster
Libby, Montana, a town of 3,000 people, finds itself in the middle of what will be one of the most expensive series of lawsuits in American history. Some 112,000 people are seeking damages against W.R Grace & Company for what the Federal Environment Protection Agency calls “the nation’s worst environmental disaster.” Every day, two and a half tons of deadly asbestos dust was created at the W.R. Grace & Company’s vermiculite mine on Zonolite Mountain. The EPA has fined Grace $250 million.The company has set up a trust with more than $2.9 billion to settle the claims. --Joanne Williams
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