The country's largest abandoned asbestos mine is in Eden, Vermont. It closed in 1975, but the devastation left behind remains. There's an eye-opening video of it on TH-cam.
The industry knew of the hazards before the 1950s - they have admintted that in many court cases. They chose profit over protecting workers and the public.
I grew up in Manville, NJ. (Formerly the home of the Johns Manville asbestos factory.) Lots of my friend's dads worked there and dies from asbestosis. Their Moms also died from it just from washing their husband's work clothes. When the lawsuits started coming in, the owners sold their shares of the company to their wives for one dollar. Now it's under new ownership and the current owners can't be sued for what the previous owners did. The factory was closed and people lost their lives as well as their jobs. The factory sat vacant for years before being torn down. Today the land houses a Walmart, a movie theatre and an Adessa car lot.
This is at the very beginning of this cleanup. I was involved in the clean up as the exterior clean up crews. All I can say is if you people only knew the real truth what we have to go through with the company and EPA. It's true bullshit.
I was gonna love out here but I guess I’ll have to plan out whether or not I truly want to or not I meant if it’s considered safe now then sure but if it’s still a a hazardous place then no
it was cleaned up , its save its just a handfull of people trying to get a big ass payout from there lawsuit . it is beautiful here if been here my whole life 60 yrs
So did I. Mike Powers lives behind the house I lived in. His kids Mitch and Maria were friends of mine. My best friends dad worked at Zonolite mine. He would be covered in that dust when he came home from work. It killed him. Is beautiful in Libby and I would live there again.
@Jimmy James Worship that filthy useless rag all you want sir, but I will continue to hate and burn them. Thanks for proving the fruits of that idolatry is nothing more than wicked satanism.
+ionthegravity2 It isn't "ruby red." Democrats have won the last four governor's races in Montana, and one of their Senators is also a Democrat. Both their Senators were Democrats before 2014. So while it may be a "red" state in presidential politics, it's still competitive down ticket.
@@hotwax9376 when this cleanup was happening the Governor was Judy Martz (A Republican), who was at first very unhelpful and wouldn’t allow the federal Gov’t to make Libby an EPA superfund site because of the economic effects, but after sitting in on some meetings with the Libby community (who were all dying and living in a massively contaminated town even 9 years after the mine closed) she did the right thing and allowed the EPA to come do their thing and clean the place up. Asbestos is nasty shit, and even nastier is the company that ran the mine for 71 years (while knowing from the early days of the tremolite contamination) and wiped out every generation in that town, grandparents, moms, dads, uncles, aunts, kids, babies, teens, all of em. Most are dead or dying now. Vermiculite from that mine was put in an estimated 35 million homes, schools, and businesses across the US. When the World Trade Center went down it was full of Libby vermiculite, and most all of the emergency staff on site now have/had asbestosis, lung cancer, or mesothelioma. This situation fires me up, money over lives for 70 years. And the effects are still there. I have a 2,400 square foot house built in 1940, the whole attic is packed with it. If I hadn’t done an insane deep dive/rabbit hole into that mine then over time my wife, kiddos and I would all have gotten exposed bit by bit by me not knowing how dangerous it is to disturb it.
@@BrandonHoytOK, but my point remains: the state has elected numerous Democrats since then. Republicans just took the governor's office this year for the first time since Martz.
The country's largest abandoned asbestos mine is in Eden, Vermont. It closed in 1975, but the devastation left behind remains. There's an eye-opening video of it on TH-cam.
The industry knew of the hazards before the 1950s - they have admintted that in many court cases. They chose profit over protecting workers and the public.
Anyone that new about the risk and allowed this should get the death penalty.
They knew of the hazards in the early 1900's
I grew up in Manville, NJ. (Formerly the home of the Johns Manville asbestos factory.) Lots of my friend's dads worked there and dies from asbestosis. Their Moms also died from it just from washing their husband's work clothes. When the lawsuits started coming in, the owners sold their shares of the company to their wives for one dollar. Now it's under new ownership and the current owners can't be sued for what the previous owners did. The factory was closed and people lost their lives as well as their jobs. The factory sat vacant for years before being torn down. Today the land houses a Walmart, a movie theatre and an Adessa car lot.
The companies killed so many people just because of the greed and money. All my love to all people that died of asbestos
This is at the very beginning of this cleanup. I was involved in the clean up as the exterior clean up crews. All I can say is if you people only knew the real truth what we have to go through with the company and EPA. It's true bullshit.
And yes I was born and raised in Libby and currently live here to this day.
I think maybe my cousin. My Grandmother maiden is Carr.
When were you born? Did you develop any asbestos related illness or cancer?
What does the EPA say now about it?
Is Libby “clean”?
How old are you now and did you get any asbestos related disease?
I was gonna love out here but I guess I’ll have to plan out whether or not I truly want to or not I meant if it’s considered safe now then sure but if it’s still a a hazardous place then no
Chris Thomas it’s supposedly been all cleaned up now.
I had been thinking of moving there. I didn't know that the whole town was so toxic.
Thanks for posting the video.
There's plenty of other towns in Montana
They told contractors etc it was safe to work with
And is Libby clear now, or is it still contaminated?
it was cleaned up , its save its just a handfull of people trying to get a big ass payout from there lawsuit . it is beautiful here if been here my whole life 60 yrs
This is not good news. I have toured that exact mine many years ago.
What's lobby like today,
Dumb question...why would you continue to live there? I'd be in the first uhaul outta town.
If they've cleaned a lot of it up and it's not all up in the air it's fine
Smaller communities have a very strong attachment to homes and places where they were born.
I miss Libby! I've lived there for 3 years :)
Love ya Mike! I'm sad you guys had to Sell Naturally Good Things :(
Sell what?
They weren`t a asbestos company. Vermiculite is NOT asbestos. However the vermiculite was contaminated with asbestos.
@Allante715 , not entirely true. WR Grace separated the Asbestos from the vermiculite over the years and produced many asbestos products.
what about the clean up here in the midwest ?
501 Mineral ave😂
I live in Libby, my wife died from it. That said must people here are POed that a lot of the workers. For a Long it's of shit.
how old was she …
What a *ucked up mess. Too bad there was so much GREED back then...being they knew about it. Unfort., this is what the world have become.
Its no different to the tobacco industry !
I live here. Its fine.
mady kelley I used to live in Libby
So did I. Mike Powers lives behind the house I lived in. His kids Mitch and Maria were friends of mine. My best friends dad worked at Zonolite mine. He would be covered in that dust when he came home from work. It killed him.
Is beautiful in Libby and I would live there again.
Mady kelley: just because you feel fine now, doesnt mean you'll be fine in 30 years. That's how asbestos works.
Should turn the flag upside down, you should have burnt it sir.
@Jimmy James Worship that filthy useless rag all you want sir, but I will continue to hate and burn them. Thanks for proving the fruits of that idolatry is nothing more than wicked satanism.
@Jimmy James Best you can do huh? Cry me a river.
Ruby Red Montana....small government conservatives until they need the government.
+ionthegravity2 It isn't "ruby red." Democrats have won the last four governor's races in Montana, and one of their Senators is also a Democrat. Both their Senators were Democrats before 2014. So while it may be a "red" state in presidential politics, it's still competitive down ticket.
@@hotwax9376 when this cleanup was happening the Governor was Judy Martz (A Republican), who was at first very unhelpful and wouldn’t allow the federal Gov’t to make Libby an EPA superfund site because of the economic effects, but after sitting in on some meetings with the Libby community (who were all dying and living in a massively contaminated town even 9 years after the mine closed) she did the right thing and allowed the EPA to come do their thing and clean the place up. Asbestos is nasty shit, and even nastier is the company that ran the mine for 71 years (while knowing from the early days of the tremolite contamination) and wiped out every generation in that town, grandparents, moms, dads, uncles, aunts, kids, babies, teens, all of em. Most are dead or dying now. Vermiculite from that mine was put in an estimated 35 million homes, schools, and businesses across the US. When the World Trade Center went down it was full of Libby vermiculite, and most all of the emergency staff on site now have/had asbestosis, lung cancer, or mesothelioma. This situation fires me up, money over lives for 70 years. And the effects are still there. I have a 2,400 square foot house built in 1940, the whole attic is packed with it. If I hadn’t done an insane deep dive/rabbit hole into that mine then over time my wife, kiddos and I would all have gotten exposed bit by bit by me not knowing how dangerous it is to disturb it.
@@BrandonHoytOK, but my point remains: the state has elected numerous Democrats since then. Republicans just took the governor's office this year for the first time since Martz.
Go home commiefornian
Most of the people who raped Montana lived in New York or a big liberal city. 😄
Should turn the flag upside down, you should have burnt it sir.
Should turn the flag upside down, you should have burnt it sir.
Should turn the flag upside down, you should have burnt it sir.
Should turn the flag upside down, you should have burnt it sir.
Should turn the flag upside down, you should have burnt it sir.
Should turn the flag upside down, you should have burnt it sir.
Should turn the flag upside down, you should have burnt it sir.