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Ep 118 Asbestos: Corruption and cancer and corporate greed, oh my!

This Podcast Will Kill You

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The Politics of Asbestos in the US

The vermiculite asbestos mine in Libby closed in 1990, but the damage was far from over. The lag time between exposure and disease was one component, but another was the enormous contamination that grace left behind. WR Grace fought everything tooth and nail, including hiding funds and declaring bankruptcy so they wouldn't have to pay out or clean up. In the early 2000s, Libby was declared a superfund site to help prioritize its decontamination. It's just another demonstration of something we're always saying on the podcast, which is that public health and politics are heavily intertwined.

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