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Nothing gets in and nothing gets out when the EPA conducts an asbestos air test in a Libby home. Homes are sealed with black plastic and only those with respirators are allowed to breath the air inside.

The grim reality of the announcement at a town meeting that 33% of Libby's population wil be affected healthwise by the exposure to asbestos is etched into the faces of a community learning day to day on how to handle the pressure of an uncertain…

Sally Fuchs gets a crash course on how the respiratory system is affected by asbestos exposure. The Libby woman now in her 30's was a child when she used to play in the contaminated soil near the towns ballfields. Fuchs took part in the first health…

Asbestos-ridden insulation made in Libby falls from the cracks in the farmhouse of lifelong Libby resident Mike Powers. The insulation is in millions of homes around the country.

A pigeon exits the abandoned export plant in downtown Libby where vermiculite was expanded into insulation and then bagged for shipment. The dust from these buildings is believed to have helped spread asbestos fibers around Libby. These buildings…

Libby's pride and financial stability is built around the natural resource markt. The only industry left in Libby is financially unstable Stimson Lumber Company since the mining for vermiculite ore was ceased years ago.

I got it. says Jack Reed in regard to asbestos related illness. The Libby native never worked at the W.R. Grace mine but did repair W.R. Grace pickup trucks when they needed service in town. Now like many others he is put through grueling and…

Known to the locals as 'Death Mountain' is the former vermiculite mine owned by W.R. Grace that quit production in 1990. As the sun sets behind the Cabinet Mountains, the spirals made by the surface mining for the vermiculite are revealed showing…

Wards Of The Court-After Monique's grandmother died, she lived on her own at the age of 15 until someone 'ratted her out' and she was taken into custody by child protective services. Still a minor, she and Lyla became wards of the court.

Kicked Out-Monique Luna packs up her belongings at Stepping Stones. She is asked to leave after getting in a fight with one of her roomates and not following the house rules.