Legacy Project to address toxicology

The Western News

The Libby Legacy Project lecture series continues this Thursday, Oct. 25, with a free public session that will provide the most recently available information about the toxicology of Libby Amphibole asbestos and its effects on the human body. 

 The lecture will be delivered by EPA toxicologist Deb McKean and Libby High School science teacher Gene Reckin. 

The goal of the Libby Legacy Project, a volunteer community group, is to aid the Lincoln County community in understanding and embracing the complex legacy of our local mining history.  

Since early September, the Project has been holding a free series of lectures about the history and ramifications of vermiculite mining and asbestos contamination in Lincoln County. Topics of the lectures have ranged from the geology of the ore body to the history of vermiculite mining in Libby.  

Four lectures remain, all of which will be held at the Little Theatre, on Louisiana Avenue in the School Administration Building, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. and again at 7 to 8:30 p.m.  

Here is a list of the dates and topics of the remaining lectures:

Thursday, Oct. 25 – Biology and Toxicology of Asbestos

Thursday, Nov. 1 – Human Health: Screening and Treatment

Wednesday, Nov. 7,  – The EPA and the Clean-Up

Wednesday, Nov. 14 – Current Research into the Health Effects of Asbestos 

The lecture series and the course are partially funded by a grant from Humanities Montana.