WR Grace owns a now closed vermiculite mine in Libby in northern Montana. Mining vermiculite, used for insulation, involves production and dissemination of asbestos. As mine tailings were hauled about the countryside, it appears that homesites, farms, racing tracks and lots of places in Libby were contaminated by asbestos.
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