Living and Dying in Libby

Brian Plonka

The Spokesman Review

I was always wiping the dust from everything inside and out. said Libby, Montana resident Mary Cassidy before her death from asbestos exposure. Cassidy lived a stones throw away from the W.R. Grace vermiculite mine where her husband worked in the 1970's. 33% of the towns 10,000 residents now have lung abnormalities directly linked to the mines legacy.

Brian Plonka, "Living and Dying in Libby," in POYi Archive, Item #32446, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/32446 (accessed May 23, 2025).