WR Grace officials are accused of asbestos in the case of health.
WR Grace & Co. and seven of its current or former officials were indicted on charges that knowledge of their workers and the public at risk by exposure to vermiculite contaminated with asbestos ore mine in the company of Libby, MontThey are also accused of conspiracy to reduce the risk by the public and government.
Hundreds of miners, their family members and people have been killed and thousands others were sickened before exposure to ore containing asbestos, not only in the small town of Montana, but also elsewhere in the country.
The health effects threaten workers, their families and people, where the ore was shipped, including facilities in St. Louis, and millions of people in households where it was used as insulation.
A human tragedy and the environment was Libby, Montana, USA said Attorney General William Mercer, in announcing the charge Monday. They include criminal conspiracy, conspiracy to defraud the government, son of fraud, obstruction of justice and know the risks.
Grace said he had not seen, but the accusation categorically any criminal misconduct.
We are surprised by the Government methods and disappointed by its determination to these allegations, the company said in a statement its public relations firm.
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