ABC News Nightline A Killer in Town: Asbestos (2 DVD set)

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For decades Libby, Montana and the surrounding mountains were contaminated with tremolite asbestos, a particularly lethal and poisonous mineral, a byproduct of the town's major industry, vermiculite mining. Thousands of people worked at the Zonolite mine north of town, breathing the dust that would eventually kill many -- one slow, laborious breath at a time. Vermiculite was processed into products that have all sorts of applications in construction. Libby vermiculite was made into wall plaster, swimming pool liners, garden supplies, and above all, Zonolite attic insulation. So popular was Zonolite attic insulation that it is now in 15 to 35 million American homes, potentially posing a threat to many millions of homeowners and families. "A Killer in Town" is the story of how vermiculite from Libby has made its way from there into so many of our homes and how asbestos has become big business and big politics.