“…Mortality and morbidity studies on the mine and mill employees from Libby have reported adverse health effects in these employees, including lung cancer, mesothelioma, nonmalignant respiratory disease, asbestosis, pleural anomalies, interstitial fibrosis, and altered lung function. Epidemiologic studies of employees exposed to Libby amphibole asbestos fibers indicate increased lung cancer and mesothelioma, as well as asbestosis and other nonmalignant respiratory diseases Amandus et al 1987;Larson et al 2010;Peipins et al 2003;Sullivan 2007].…”