Libby (Montana)

Lincoln County

30-43450

Libby is a city in Lincoln County, Montana and the county seat ( county seat ).

According to census of 2000 2626 people live in the city, which has an area of 3.3 km ².

The area was contaminated with asbestos through the degradation of vermiculite by WR Grace and Company, close to the city area. Along with the seemingly harmless vermiculite tremolite was funded out of the mountain, the most deadly form of asbestos. After closure of the mine in 1990, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA ) announced the all-clear for the time being, there are no traces of asbestos have been measured. According to studies of the Seattle Post- Intelligencer and a follow-up by the EPA this Libby finally called 1999 the worst toxic substances have come into contact community in the United States. There were 120 million U.S. dollars spent to eliminate this. 700 houses have been renovated, and another 700 are on the list. When WR Grace and Company comes through with his declaration of bankruptcy, the cost will hang when taxpayers in the end.