Tainted Montana town reaches cleanup milestone

In this June 17, 2009 photo, a home undergoing abatement for removal of asbestos is pictured in Libby, Mont. Asbestos-plagued Libby has reached a significant milestone in its decade-long cleanup as the federal government completes the makeover of a former vermiculite processing plant into a to...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Grass and freshly planted trees are sprouting in a new town park that sits atop the site of a vermiculite plant that once spewed asbestos dust across the mountain community of Libby — a welcome dose of normalcy for a city that has become synonymous with lung dis...

Published: 07/16/2012