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Long-Term Effects of Asbestos Exposure in Libby, Montana to be Researched

Medical researchers have begun a long-term study into the effects of asbestos exposure in Libby, Montana, a small town where federal officials declared the first public health emergency in history over an epidemic of asbestos-related diseases. The launch of the study coincides with the arrival of medical relief efforts on the ground.

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Asbestos Exposure in Libby, Montana Declared a Health Emergency by EPA

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has declared a health emergency in the small town of Libby, Montana, due to massively disproportionate cases of cancer and death linked asbestos exposure from a toxic mining operation that occurred decades ago.