Libby Update: Report Says One in 1,000 Residents
Has Mesothelioma
July 31, 2002
icDendicoctors have reported to federal regulators that the mesothelioma rate for residents living in Libby, Mt., may be 1,000 times that of the entire U.S. population.
In a report made public during a June 13 meeting of the Libby Community Advisory Group, the EPA confirmed that physicians operating in and around Libby have diagnosed some 23 Lincoln County residents with mesothelioma over the past three years.
The number accounts for a relative rate of nearly one case of mesothelioma per 1,000 residents in the county, compared to the national rate of one per …
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