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A friend has sent you a link to an article found on FlatheadBeacon.com. To read the full text of this article online, click here: /articles/article/five-year_study_launched_on_libby_asbestos_impacts13928/ ARTICLE EXCERPT: BILLINGS – Medical researchers have started a five-year investigation into the long-term health effects of human exposure to asbestos-tainted vermiculite ore in Libby. Stephen Levin, an associate professor from New York's Mount Sinai School of Medicine, is leading the investigation. He says the results could help determine appropriate cleanup levels for the town in northwestern Montana, where thousands of residents and mine workers were exposed to asbestos over nearly a century.