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AND ALL THAT WOULD HAVE REMAINED COVERED UP IF IN THE FOR THE INVESTIGATIVE WORK OF THEM. IT AN EXPO SAY OF CORPORATE NEGLIGENCE AN EXAMPLE OF THE FREE...
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I EVER GOT. I ALSO JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER QUICK THANK YOUS TO MAKE. SEEING AS HOW I'M READING IN MY HOMETOWN, I HAVE TO THANK THE NEWSPAPER I WORK...
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FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS ON A PROJECT
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ON HARD ROCK MINING, AND LOOKING AT MINING ON PUBLIC LANDS AND WHAT SORT OF DAMAGE WAS BEING DONE AND THE FACT THAT THERE WERE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN...
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IS WHAT THEY WERE MINING. THEY WEREN'T MINING ASBESTOS, BUT THEY WERE MINING
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VERMICULITE. BUT IN A LOT OF PLACES JUST
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GEOLOGICALLY, VERMICULITE AND ASBESTOS ARE FOUND
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TOGETHER. AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE'S A VERMICULITE MINE GOING FULL BORE RIGHT HERE IN VIRGINIA THAT IS CONTAMINATED WITH ASBESTOS. ANOTHER LITTLE...
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EVEN SMOKE WERE TOLD THAT THEY WERE SICK BECAUSE OF SMOKING. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO HAD ASBESTOSIS WOULD GET PNEUMONIA EVERY YEAR AND WOULD BE TREATED...
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UNDERLYING DISEASE. NOW, THE ONE THING IN THE DOCTOR'S FAVOR IS -- THINK ABOUT IT HISTORICALLY. AT THAT TIME, IT WASN'T UNTIL PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD WHAT...
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TOWN. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE REALLY BITTER ABOUT THE PUBLICITY. SORT OF A SLAY
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THE MESSENGER SITUATION. OUR TOWN WAS FINE UNTIL PEOPLE STARTED TO NOSE AROUND IN THIS. OF COURSE PEOPLE WERE DYING OF IT, BUT THAT WAS, YOU KNOW,...
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MONTANA, AN INDIAN, AN AMAZING GUY. ANYWAY, HE WAS FURIOUS
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BECAUSE WE HAD QUOTED THE E.P.A.'S STATE COORDINATOR AS SAYING THIS WAS STRICTLY A PERSONAL HYGIENE PROBLEM ON THE PART OF THE MINERS. HE JUST WENT...
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THE E.P.A.
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ARIZONA SOMETHING CALLED FORENSIC ACCOUNTANTS WHO BASICALLY ARE -- THEY TRACK POLLUTERS' FINANCES AND THEY TOOK THEM TO FEDERAL COURT AND -- IN MIZZOU...
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| 00:26:53 |
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BAN THAT WOULD BE A BAN. I THINK ITS PROS MES FOR PASSAGE ARE NOT GREAT, FRANKLY. I HOPE IT PASSES, BUT I DON'T THINK THE ODDS ARE VERY GOOD IN THIS
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CONGRESS. >> WHAT OTHER PRODUCTS HAVE ASBESTOS IN IT? >> WELL, IT'S HARD TO SAY. I MEAN, CERTAINLY SOME -- I THINK THERE'S STILL WALLBOARD BEING MADE...
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WEBSITE PROBABLY HAS SOME OF THE STUFF LISTED.
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I THINK THAT THERE IS PROBABLY STILL SOME ASBESTOS IN VERMICULITE PRODUCTS BECAUSE I KNOW, TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE THIS MINE IN VIRGINIA, GRACE USED...
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KNOW, THE ICE RINK AT
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PLUMBER SCHOOL IN LIBBY WAS ALL VERMICULITE UNDERNEATH. THE TRACK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL WAS MADE OUT OF VERMICULITE. THE BALL FIELDS HAD IT ALL OVER. THOSE...
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IT'S, YOU KNOW, A BIG PIECE OF
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IT -- TAKE THE CANADIAN
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PIECE. THERE'S A BIG ASBESTOS INDUSTRY IN CANADA. NOT THAT MANY JOBS, BUT THE THING IS IT'S IN QUEBEC AND SO IT'S BECOME A SORT OF -- BEEN ALL WRAPPED...
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AND SO NOBODY WANTS TO TOUCH THE ASBESTOS INDUSTRY BECAUSE IT'S JUST BASICALLY A POLITICAL SACRED COW. IN THIS COUNTRY, SOME OF THE MAJOR -- IT'S OF...
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E.P.A. UNDER CAROL BROWNER AND CLINTON DID NOT COVER ITSELF WITH GLORY IN ASBESTOS. THERE ARE A LOT OF DECISIONS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN MADE THAT WENT...
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THROUGH IN RESEARCH WE DID FOR THIS, THERE ARE SOME WONDERFUL PEOPLE IN THE GOVERNMENT. THERE ARE SOME VERY DEDICATED PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO PROTECT...
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| 00:35:01 |
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TO ATTACK THESE KIND OF STORIES AS WELL AS THE MORE -- THE EASIER THE LOWER-HANGING FRUIT WE GET IN THE PAPER EVERY DAY. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE SPEND...
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RESOURCES AN SOME TIME DOING THIS KIND OF WORK, BEING A WATCHDOG FOR THE PUBLIC INTEREST. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE IN THIS CASE TO HAVE A WONDERFUL REPORTER,...
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OF ASBESTOSIS IN LIBBY IS GOING TO PEAK. THE LATENCY PERIOD OF THE DISEASE IS SO LONG THAT -- THAT'S PART OF THE REASON THAT COMPANIES
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CAN EVADE RESPONSIBILITY. IT'S PART OF THE REASON THAT IT WENT UNNOTICED FOR SO
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LONG
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OR UNREPORTED FOR SO LONG IN LIBBY BECAUSE IT'S AN OLD PERSON'S DISEASE. OFTEN, PEOPLE WHO GET IT ARE IN THEIR 60'S, 7 O0'S, BUT IT IS A TRULY HORRIBLE...
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PARALLEL COMPARISON. I THINK IT'S A VERY
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APT COMPARISON, BUT IN TERMS OF WHAT'S BIGGER, IT'S ALL -- I THINK IT'S ALL OF A PIECE. THE SAME PROCESS. >>
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SO THEY'RE SIMILAR IN TERMS OF THEIR POWER IN WHAT THE GOVERNMENT? >> IS THE MEDIA DOING THEIR JOB ON THIS? >> SOME CERTAINLY HAVE. SPOKANE AFTER WE
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| 00:37:52 |
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DID THIS STORY, THE SPOKANE PAPERS FOLLOWED UP WITH A WONDERFUL REPORTER IN SPOKANE WHO SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THIS
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STORY. THERE ARE OTHERS. "THE NEW YORK TIMES" HAS
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BEEN STRANGELY SILENT ON THIS STORY.
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BUT OTHERS HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB WITH IT, AND I THINK WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE TO. >> IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ASK WHILE HE'S SIGNING YOUR...
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GOOD
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.