EPA Declares Libby MT Health Emergency

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"The declaration by EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson involving Libby, Mont., will not result in an evacuation, but will require an extensive cleanup and better health protections for residents with asbestos-related illnesses.

Jackson called Libby a "tragic public health situation" that has not received the recognition it deserves from the federal government for far too long.

Asbestos contamination from a now-closed vermiculite mine near Libby has been cited in the deaths of more than 200 people and illnesses of thousands more."

"We still have a long way to do right by the folks in Libby. Working together with the Department of Health and Human Services and the Environmental Protection Agency, we're making very good progress," Tester said."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090617/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_epa_asbestos_health_emergency

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1. It's that "Free Market Capitalism" at work.

So any comments from the politicians who were elected to represent this area of Montana?