News report cites risk of asbestos exposure from Montana Mine.

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In recent news about the dangers of exposure to asbestos, the government has recommended raising awareness regarding vermiculite mined in northwestern Montana and processed at sites around the country.

A report from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) compiles findings from the study of 28 U.S. sites that received asbestos-containing vermiculite from the Montana mine.

The mine began operating near Libby, Montana in the 1920s. Since it closed in 1990, asbestos has been blamed for disease and deaths in the Libby community.

Study of the sites focused on potential pathways of exposure to asbestos through vermiculite processing.

ATSDR says former workers at processing facilities were most at risk and may have carried asbestos home on clothing, perhaps exposing people with whom they lived via secondary exposure.

Our firm has come across many such stories where men and women toiled unprotected from asbestos, later developing mesothelioma, lung cancer and asbestosis as a result of that exposure.

For over two decades, Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. has handled some of the most legally complicated and groundbreaking asbestos litigation in the country. Men and women diagnosed with mesothelioma or lung cancer caused by asbestos exposure or secondary exposure may be entitled to compensation from the companies responsible for their disease.

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