Two award-winning journalists reveal how the decades-long poisoning of the small Montana town of Libby led to an exposé of the long-term implications of asbestos exposure, how government and industry repeatedly ignored or covered up the dangers, and the determined efforts of a few individuals to uncover the truth. Reprint.
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An Air That Kills is the horrifying true story of the decades-long poisoning of a small town and the definitive exposé of asbestos in America-all told by the prize-winning journalists who broke it. This is the story of miners who were unaware of the toxins they took into their lungs, then brought home in their clothes-infecting their families. It is the story of the ongoing use of asbestos in products ranging from insulation to cat litter. It is the story behind the George W. Bush administration's successful campaign to cover up the full extent of the post-9/11 asbestos problem in Lower Manhattan. But it is also the story of the townspeople and government workers who took on the government in Washington to demand justice for those who died-and those who are still dying-of preventable exposure to asbestos.
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