Libby’s failure and solution: Toxic Substances Control Act
Helena Independent Record
Gayla Benefield
(WVE member)
August 17, 2011
I believe the fish don’t have to die before you test the water. And likewise, people don’t have to die before you test the chemicals. The Libby asbestos mining disaster is now well known across the country as a prime example of how federal government has failed innocent people. People like my parents, who died of asbestosis, and my daughter and nieces and nephews, who still suffer from it today. Three generations of my family affected.
