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... Lawmakers react to asbestos health cuts - billingsgazette.com LottoGuide HOT LOTTO2-22-23-24-29Hot Ball 16 MONTANA CASH2-6-9-22-29 POWERBALL7-22-27-48-50Powerball: 17 MONTANA WILD CARD2-3-7-9-28 Wild Card: Ace of Clubs Keyword Search: Past Issues (MM/DD/YY): // Special Reports 2005 Mayoral Race MORE SPECIAL REPORTS September 29, 2005Last modified September 29, 2005 - 12:35 am Lawmakers react to asbestos health cuts Lawmakers react to asbestos health cuts Associated Press WASHINGTON - Members of Montana's congressional delegation recommend swift reprisal against W.R.

Grace & Co., for the pending reduction in health care compensation available to hundreds sickened by asbestos from the company's mine near Libby.

Sen.

Max Baucus, D-Mont., introduced legislation Wednesday that would require Grace, which operates under bankruptcy protection, to place $250 million in a health care trust fund for Libby victims of asbestos exposure.

Also Wednesday, Republican Rep.

Denny Rehberg of Montana asked Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt to investigate HNA/Triveras, a health care administrator for Grace.

HNA/Triveras sent letters to about 700 Libby residents this month, saying they no longer have asbestos-related disease or may not be as sick as they thought.

About 200 deaths and many more cases of disease have been blamed on asbestos contamination associated with Grace's vermiculite mine, which closed in 1990.

The Libby Asbestos Medical Plan was f...

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Grace to provide health care for Libby residents By MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated Press WASHINGTON - Members of Montana's congressional delegation recommend swift reprisal against W.R.

Grace & Co., for the pending reduction in health-care compensation available to hundreds sickened by asbestos from the company's mine near Libby.

Sen.

Max Baucus, D-Mont., introduced legislation Wednesday that would require Grace, which operates under bankruptcy protection, to place $250 million in a health-care trust fund for Libby victims of asbestos exposure.

Also Wednesday, Republican Rep.

Denny Rehberg of Montana asked Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt to investigate HNA/Triveras, a health-care administrator for Grace.

HNA/Triveras sent letters to about 700 Libby residents this month, saying they no longer have asbestos-related disease or may not be as sick as they thought.

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About 200 deaths and many more cases of disease have been blamed on asbestos contamination associated with Grace's vermiculite mine, which closed in 1990.

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... Anglican Journal, October 2005 - Mission possible Mission possible Orientation program prepares Canadian volunteers for realities of life overseas MARITES N.

SISONSTAFF WRITER Winnipeg Raven Thundersky steps forward from the pews of St.

Matthew’s Anglican Church to light a candle.

Pausing in the dim, flickering light, she glances down at the photo in her hand.

It is her sister, Malvina, who died 10 years ago at the age of 35.

In her late sister’s arms is Ms.

Thundersky’s niece, who lost her mother because of asbestos poisoning in government reserve housing decades ago.

Since then, the deadly insulation fibre has claimed the lives of Ms.

Thundersky’s mother and three sisters.

One sister died of cancer just days before the Anglican-hosted vigil.

Her father and brother are ill, and Ms.

Thundersky is uncertain of her own fate.

All this could have been averted, she said, had the government and mining companies come clean to the public about the dangers of asbestos.

Today, Canada is a leading exporter of asbestos in the world, despite bans in many countries.

Ms.

Thundersky, recently named a Canadian Hero by Time Magazine, told Anglican Journal that her struggle for justice has strengthened her faith.

“For a long time, I was just so devastated,” she revealed.

“I never wanted to believe we would all die from this poison.

I was at a point in my life when I didn’t know where to turn.

It shook up ...