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Wasting Libby
Andrea Peacock
其他書名
The True Story of how the WR Grace Corporation Left a Montana Town to Die (and Got Away with It)
出版CounterPunch, 2010
主題Business & Economics / Industries / Natural Resource ExtractionBusiness & Economics / Corporate & Business HistoryHistory / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)History / Social HistoryMedical / Public HealthNature / Environmental Conservation & ProtectionPolitical Science / American Government / StateScience / Environmental ScienceSocial Science / Customs & TraditionsSocial Science / Conspiracy Theories
ISBN18493501759781849350174
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=UD0SQgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋"Wasting Libby chronicles the story of a small Montana town where the W.R. Grace & Company (of A Civil Action notoriety) ran a vermiculite mine that supplied the world with insulation, fireproofing, and gardening materials for nearly 30 years. But Grace's vermiculite was laced with a virulent form of asbestos, and in its quest for profits the company betrayed this rural community, spreading a legacy of death and disease from northwestern Montana to the World Trade Center, through more than 35 million buildings in the United States estimated to have been insulated with Grace's lethal ore. Decades of neglect by state and federal agencies allowed the Grace corporation to reap millions in profits, while knowingly exposing generations of Montana residents to fatal levels of asbestos-contaminated dust. Libby's story, which culminates in the 2009 criminal trial of the corporation's executives, is ultimately the tale of the families who fought Grace for justice, who refused to sacrifice their dignity even as they lost their lives."--Page 4 of cover.