ATSDR To Release Libby Mortality Review

Lincoln,  Libby,  Montana
Friday, December 08, 2000
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The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announced today that its mortality review for Libby, Montana, will be released on Thursday, December 14, 7:00 p.m. at the December meeting of the Citizens Advisory Group, City Hall Complex (Ponderosa Room) 752 East Spruce Street, Libby. ATSDR representatives will be on hand at the meeting to discuss the report and to answer questions.

ATSDR prepared the mortality review to identify deaths potentially associated with asbestos exposure in Libby. In preparing the report, ATSDR reviewed all death certificates for Libby residents who died between 1979 and 1998, and compared the number of deaths from asbestos-related causes to similar deaths across Montana and the United States.

The mortality review will be available for public review at the following repositories on or about December 14, 2000:

Lincoln County Library
220 W. 6th
Libby, Montana 59923
Gail Anderson (406) 293-2778		 ATSDR Office
501 Mineral Avenue
Libby, Montana 59923
Dan Strausbaugh (406) 293-2728		 Lincoln County Health Department
418 Mineral Avenue
Libby, Montana 59923
Ron Anderson  (406) 293-7781 

Community members seeking information on the content or the procedures of the mortality review, or who would like to receive a copy, should contact ATSDR Epidemiologist Steve Dearwent, toll free, at 1-888-42-ATSDR (1-888-422-8737).

Callers should refer to the "Libby, Montana, site." ATSDR Regional Representative Dan Strausbaugh also may be called for information at (406) 444-2959 in Helena, Mont.

For more information about asbestos and health effects related to exposure, please visit the ATSDR Web site, at http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov, and click on the ToxFAQs for Asbestos.For an overview of the Libby Community Environmental Health Project go to http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/NEWS/libbymt.html .

 

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