Monday, February 14, 2005

The case against Grace

The Eschenbach Study, the Hamster Study, the Enbionic Review, the Monson Mortality Study ...

One after the other, the details spill out of eight separate probes in the 1970s and 1980s that held evidence of the depth of asbestos poisoning in Libby.

The federal government built much of its case around those studies in a 10-count criminal indictment released last week against W.R. Grace and seven senior employees.

The company and the seven men are charged with conspiracy, wire fraud, obstruction of justice and violating the Clean Air Act.

Important documentation revealing the hazards of Libby's asbestos-laced vermiculite was suppressed by Grace and its top executives in a conspiracy that spanned more than 20 years, the U.S. District Court indictment alleges.

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