Libby air gets a cleaner bill of health

: for general AP release:

Asbestos levels in Libby’s air are low enough that they don’t pose a significant cancer risk, according to a two-year study presented at Monday’s town hall meeting by the Environmental Protection Agency.
“The levels are much, much, much lower than when the mine was operating years ago,” Libby Team Leader Victor Ketellapper said during the meeting.
The Libby Asbestos Site’s annual project update served to inform the public on the agency’s long-term site strategies, as well as to take questions and talk about what has been accomplished so far. Three representatives, including Ketellapper, from the EPA’s Region 8 headquarters in Denver, Colo., were on hand, as well as Catherine LeCours of the Montana Department of Environmental Quality and Mike Cirian, the EPA’s onsite project manager.

The final draft of the results of Libby’s outdoor ambient air study was released Monday just in time for the meeting. The study took air samples from 18 locations in and around Libby, as well as additional reference samples in Helena and Eureka, from October 2006 to June 2008, to determine the levels of Libby amphibole.

Ketellapper told attendees that the risk of developing cancer from inhaling outdoor air in Libby is one in 1 million.

The EPA reported no statistically significant differences between Helena’s concentrations of Libby amphibole and Libby’s concentrations.

We are thrilled", says local area resident Kim Spencer. "Its been a long time coming , and I glad to see the efforts of the EPA pay off". Libby has been involved in a clean up effort by the EPA for the past 9 years. "its all winding down", Bill Beshep says. "We are glad its almost over".

What a bunch of lies by the same bunch of liers that have been lying that Libby is safe, since 1999 and before.You sheeple just keep on listening to EPA but don't dare sell Libby as safe to anything that breathes.What about the 530 Million Tremolite asbestos fibers found in one gram of bark,enough to kill alot of people.This Ketellapper is a clone of Christensen/Cirian/Lennert/Par nard/Wardell/Opper/etc etc.What a joke and the joke is and has been on all of you who listen to these liers who continue to expose more people to asbestos.Isn't 9 years of lies enough? What about the 400 plus yards EPA cleaned with deadlier soil.Libby will continue to kill entire families as long as entire families continue to move to Libby.You who lie to these people need shot.Hopefully prison when they are diagnosed.I shall continue to tell all who will listen to stay away from Libby.You in denial just keep breathing Libby's air.You deserve it.This New EPA will address the lies and we shall see...

Libby's air is DEADLY!!! Remember Tremolite asbestos kills you.Tell that to the 2000 plus people of Libby sick/dying and dead,today from the same lies you are being told and that you are telling people.Libby is not safe and never will be as long as Libby EPA runs the show.

I would like to inform you all that with the best of my ability and with each breathe I take till death that after the WR Grace trial I will no longer be the voice I have been since 1990 with concerns of health and safety to the people from exposure to Tremolite.I truly believe I have served my propose in my life and Libby Mt since learning the truth to why we are sick and dying in Libby.My life and friends in Libby forever will remain my friends and all things good will enrich my days of yesterdays of times and moments and people who have become a part of my life in all the ways of life.Libby has given me a very blessed life and then Libby has ended my life in hell.My peace will be death and my life is what it is and shall be for what I have left behind for those we leave behind.I have made a difference and saved many from the truth.This will continue long after I am gone and you who I leave behind will carry on...with me in mind.This new Administration with new EPA/DEQ/DOJ/etc etc will settle Libby once and for all with human beings being the issue to protect.My concerns will be dealt with as I am sending ALL MY STUFF to the TEAM who will address Libby.My job will be done my friends and 20 years of Libby is enough for me.I will not say the last of me will not be my last like in obituary but my fight for Libby will end.A book or Documentary,etc who knows but I just wanted to let you know where I stand and where I will be.For those who care.What a road this life has been and I hope this road continues for the sake of those we leave behind...for what all that's worth.Take care and God Bless all of you and Thanks for caring too............. Sincerely and Caring Mike Crill and Family

Thank God thats all over with...... best of luck mike

helloitsme wrote:

Thank God thats all over with...... best of luck mike

my peace will be with the lord as my hell on earth ends.Amen.Libby hell will live long after me.I just hope what I have done by saving lives will not be forgotten.I am sure I will not be.Thank you.Stay away from Libby Mt.

Who are you again....

helloitsme wrote:

Who are you again....

Who are you as#hole?

I didn't know there was a safe level of asbestos in the air??
Please tell me what they are.
Thanks

Dr.Irving Selikoff states ONE asbestos fiber inhaled into the lungs leads to cancer.In Libby NO ONE BREATHES ONE TREMOLITE ASBESTOS FIBERS.NO ONE and over 2000 ,OVER 2000 are sick and dying from inhaling more than one asbestos fiber in deadly Libby Mt.You are all doomed.DOOMED!!!Libby is a death town.Nothing natural in Libby Mt.I say stay away.

oh well mike... time to get on another cause....so sorry

http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2009/02/16...

helloitsme wrote:

oh well mike... time to get on another cause....so sorry
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2009/02/16...

Bob,oh well,time to get the grandkids out of town.Libby is not safe Bob.You know that!!! How bout your next cause be caring...Bob

Mike : You can hide your bitterness for a town and its people behind your "Libby kills , I hate Libby , dont breath in Libby", but at the end of the day even you have to admit that its getting better. I think the position you took has fallen on so many deft ears that its just driving you nuts to look at your past 10 years and realize you were wrong all along. I would ask you to come to terms with it, but you and I know you are not that kind of guy. Don't worry about me or my grandchildren. I have no problem bringing them here to Libby 3 or 4 times a year. Even you have to admit that statistically its too small of a risk to get any type of aliment from breathing in Libby. Ill admit that may not have always been he case, but now I would rather be here that in any other place in the US.

helloitsme wrote:

Mike : You can hide your bitterness for a town and its people behind your "Libby kills , I hate Libby , dont breath in Libby", but at the end of the day even you have to admit that its getting better. I think the position you took has fallen on so many deft ears that its just driving you nuts to look at your past 10 years and realize you were wrong all along. I would ask you to come to terms with it, but you and I know you are not that kind of guy. Don't worry about me or my grandchildren. I have no problem bringing them here to Libby 3 or 4 times a year. Even you have to admit that statistically its too small of a risk to get any type of aliment from breathing in Libby. Ill admit that may not have always been he case, but now I would rather be here that in any other place in the US.

What a waste of skin you are Bob.Keep the kids away.There will come a day Bob you will wish you had listen and not been such a jerk,when the first grandkid gets diagnosed with asbestos.Then what Bob? Your day will come and too bad about the children Grampa helped poison.Your a joke Bob.

I have no problem bringing them here to Libby 3 or 4 times a year. Even you have to admit that statistically its too small of a risk to get any type of aliment from breathing in Libby. Ill admit that may not have always been he case, but now I would rather be here that in any other place in the US.
Mike: Its statistically too low.... They would get something from a visit to California way before anything in Libby would get them... You know that ...tell the truth. I worry that they would get hit by a golf ball more that getting asbestos. Still not going to move away from the golf course..... or Libby.

helloitsme wrote:

I have no problem bringing them here to Libby 3 or 4 times a year. Even you have to admit that statistically its too small of a risk to get any type of aliment from breathing in Libby. Ill admit that may not have always been he case, but now I would rather be here that in any other place in the US.
Mike: Its statistically too low.... They would get something from a visit to California way before anything in Libby would get them... You know that ...tell the truth. I worry that they would get hit by a golf ball more that getting asbestos. Still not going to move away from the golf course..... or Libby.

Fool.Keep the grand kids away Bob.

PRNewswire/-- W.R. Grace & Co.(NYSE: GRA) is
pleased with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's announcement late
Friday that there are no asbestos-related air quality problems in Libby,
Montana.
From 1963 to 1990, Grace operated a vermiculite mine in which tremolite
asbestos was an associated mineral. In response to newspaper articles about
the number of people with asbestos-related disease in Libby, the EPA began a
study to determine whether Grace's now closed operations pose an on-going
health hazard to people who live there.
"Given that asbestos must be inhaled in large quantities over a long
period of time to be dangerous, this finding of clean air in Libby is very
significant," said Bill Corcoran, Grace's vice president of public and
regulatory affairs. "We are also pleased with the results to-date of the in-
home testing, which shows that the air in Libby homes is no different from the
air found in homes throughout the country."
Paul Peronard, the EPA's on-scene coordinator, released the latest results
from air monitoring and in-home testing during a three-day conference in Libby
to discuss asbestos and the government's role there.
Peronard reported that he had discovered only trace amounts of asbestos in
both air and dust samples taken from 119 homes in and around Libby and, under
the government's current risk assessment program, there is no risk to the
people who live in those homes.

Welcome back Libby.... Welcome Back

What a murderous lie.Trace amount is anything between 0 and 1 BILLION Fibers in a gram of soil.This is not safe and they will go to prison for these lies.Libby is not safe to anything that breathe Bob.Keep the kids away Bob.You are such a sheeple Bob.Sad...

Sorry Mike....