Victims of Montana asbestos pollution that killed hundreds take Warren Buffett’s railroad to court By: Matthew Brown And Amy Beth Hanson, The Associated Press Posted: 11:32 PM CDT Saturday, Apr ...

Thanks for all your help and advice, Client. Answer: Vermiculite insulation that contains asbestos is only a health hazard if it can get in to the living space in your home.

FILE - The town of Libby, Mont., is seen Feb. 17, 2010. Thousands of people have been sickened and hundreds killed by asbestos contamination in the Libby area. Victims of asbestos exposure are suing ...

The company has admitted it popped asbestos-laden vermiculite to make insulation here until the early 1990s. Brophy says Manitoba's Workers Compensation Board isn't taking the matter seriously enough.

A search by the Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba has found more former employees of WR Grace who claim they are sick from working with asbestos-laden vermiculite. WR Grace popped vermiculite ...

"A Mountain of Trouble Pulls a Town Together" (Opinion, Jan. 19) appropriately points out the legacy of asbestos-related disease from vermiculite mining in Libby, Mont.

"If you have vermiculite-based insulation and you decide to have it removed, speak to trained and qualified asbestos-removal professionals to handle the insulation removal," said the website. ". . .

The mine a few miles outside town once produced up to 80% of global vermiculite supplies. It closed in 1990. Nine years later, the Environmental Protection Agency arrived in Libby and a subsequent ...

Victims of asbestos exposure are suing BNSF Railway alleging the railroad polluted the town by storing asbestos contaminated vermiculite at a downtown rail yard. The railroad denies the allegations.

LIBBY, Mont. (AP) — Paul Resch remembers playing baseball as a kid on a field constructed from asbestos-tainted vermiculite, mere yards from railroad tracks where trains kicked up clouds of dust ...