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Clip 1: Little League Baseball
From the late 1960s to the early 1990s, the two Little League fields in Libby were covered in a haze of vermiculite fibers. In addition, kids played in piles of vermiculite near the field. EPA inspector Paul Peronard talks about the kids of Libby, who were unknowingly exposed to the dangers of asbestos. | Watch Video
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Clip 2: Earl Lovick
In Libby, Montana, when you were talking about Zonolite, and later, W. R. Grace, you were talking about mine manager Earl Lovick. Lovick was W. R. Grace's man in Libby. He was considered an upstanding member of the community and Libby residents still talk about him with a mixture of fondness and disbelief, insisting that he could not have known of all the dangers of Zonolite years before they became public knowledge. | Watch Video
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Clip 3: The Spencers
Libby resident Shelly Spencer talks about her fear of exposing her young kids to asbestos, which was used as insulation in their attic.* "Why can't you use your hands to take it out?" her daughter asks over the dinner table. "There's nothing you can do," Mrs. Spencer says in resignation, dreading what will happen to her children's health in the future. | Watch Video
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Clip 4: Track and Field
In 1970, vermiculite tailings were used to make the track at Libby High Schools. Over the years, hundreds of students have been inadvertently exposed to high amounts of vermiculite, as the dust kicked up from the tracks contained many dangerous asbestos fibers.
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Clip 5: MonoKote
One of the forms of vermiculite is used as MonoKote, a spray-on application that protects against rust on steel girders. Part of the World Trade Center buildings was sprayed with W. R. Grace Mono-Kote. EPA agent Paul Peronard talks about the industrial use of vermiculite.
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Clip 6: Alice Priest's Story
"When my husband came home [from the mines], it was like he had been dipped in some kind of powder." Alice Priest's husband died from asbestos poisoning, and she breathes out of an oxygen tank. Hear more from Alice. | Watch Video
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* Find out why the Spencer's home was not covered under the EPA's Superfund program and links to the EPA information guide about what to do if you think you have Zonolite insulation in your home or business in the Film Update.
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