Ap Impact: New Danger Found In Asbestos Town

By MATTHEW BROWN, Associated Press
Tue, 07/05/2011 - 6:27am

LIBBY, Mont. (AP) -- For a decade, the people of Libby have longed for the day when they will be rid of the asbestos that turned their town into the deadliest Superfund site in America....

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