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March 12, 2008

W.R. Grace to Pay a Record $250 Million for Asbestos Cleanup

Kara Sissell

W.R. Grace will pay $250 million to reimburse the federal government for past and future cleanup of asbestos contamination at Grace’s former Libby, MT vermiculite mine, according to a settlement finalized yesterday with EPA and the Department of...

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