W. R. Grace indicted for hiding cancer risk — February 2005

Online newspaper articles such as those linked to below are often made available for free for a limited period of time after which payment is required. The information above should be enough to find the articles using the newspaper's search facility. The articles may also be accessible for free through searches at, for example, www.google.com.

• W.R. Grace accused of hiding cancer risk
  By Bob Anez, Associated Press Writer | February 7, 2005
  MISSOULA, Mont. -- W.R. Grace and Co. and seven high-ranking employees knew a Montana mine was releasing cancer-causing asbestos into the air and tried to hide the danger to workers and townspeople, according to a federal indictment unsealed Monday. More than 1,200 people became ill, and some of them died, prosecutors said.
  

  . . . Lori Hanson, a special agent with the Environmental Protection Agency, called the allegations against Grace and its executives "one of the most significant environmental indictments in our history." . . .

  Excerpted from the February 7 2005 Boston Globe article at http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2005/02/07/wr_grace_accused_of_hiding_cancer_risk_1107815796/
  
  
• February 8 2005 St. Louis Post-Dispatch article "W.R. Grace, officials are indicted in asbestos health care" by Andrew Schneider at http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/nation/story/FF4BFB731E52937E86256FA20055FBD8?OpenDocument&Headline
  =W.R.+Grace,+officials+are+indicted+in+asbestos+health+care.
  (combine lines above to get full website address)
  
  
• February 9 2005 St. Louis Post-Dispatch article "Asbestos indictments are called a first step" by Andrew Schneider at http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/sciencemedicine/story/0703CF9C1483623586256FA300570E6F?OpenDocument&Headline
  =Asbestos+indictments+are+called+a+first+step++
  (combine lines above to get full website address)

Andrew Schneider has written other articles on W. R. Grace for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

• Montana horror story Series: EDITORIALS; [SOUTH PINELLAS Edition]
  St. Petersburg Times. St. Petersburg, Fla.: Feb 14, 2005. pg. 10.A
  ". . . tiny Libby, Mont., harbored a killer . . ."
  http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/793181981.html?MAC=8481f97de26bb9a8c57880f378840bf6&did
  =793181981&FMT=FT&FMTS=FT&date=Feb+14%2C+2005&author=&printformat=&desc
  =Montana+horror+story+Series%3A+EDITORIALS
  (combine lines above to get full website address)
  
  
• Los Angeles Times - February 13, 2005 Indictments Stir Emotions in Asbestos-Riddled Mine Town
  There's anger all around as W.R. Grace officials are charged with hiding deadly details for profit.
  ". . . this northwestern Montana town is full of people who are angry, shocked, sickened, betrayed. They just can't agree on why. . . ."
  http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-libby13feb13,1,6143384.story?coll=la-headlines-nation
  free registration required
  
  
• Editorial: W.R. Grace/Now, individuals must answer
  Star Tribune Minneapolis - St. Paul February 11, 2005 - Last update: February 10, 2005 at 7:29 PM
  ". . . there is ample cause to welcome this week's criminal indictment . . ."
  http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/5234339.html
  
  
• editorial - Grace under pressure
  Denver Post Published: Thursday, February 10, 2005
  ". . . Staffers at the Denver office of the Environmental Protection Agency were instrumental in cracking this important case . . ."
  http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~417~2702152,00.html
  
  
• The W.R. Grace indictments
  The Helena (Montana) Independent Record - 02/9/05
  ". . . The presentation wasn't particularly convincing at the time [1999], and the arguments surely didn't cut much ice before the federal grand jury that has indicted top Grace executives and managers this week. . . ."
  http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/02/09/opinions_top/a04020905_01.txt
  
  

Contact the Alewife Study Group, North Cambridge Massachusetts, by email at information@alewife.org