"Public health emergency declared in Mont. towns; US to funnel $6m to victims of asbestos mines" by David A. Fahrenthold, Washington Post | June 18, 2009
WASHINGTON - The announcement comes about six weeks after a Montana jury acquitted chemical company W.R. Grace and three of its executives on charges that they withheld information about the mine’s dangers. W.R. Grace ran the mine from 1963 until it closed in 1990....
The Health and Human Services Department has spent $46 million in the area in the past 10 years funding diagnostic screening programs and other programs. A spokeswoman said the new $6 million is intended to be funneled directly to patients.And sometimes the best of intentions.....
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