Name: An Air That Kills by MontanaHistoricalSociety
Duration: 24 min 57 s
Description: Montana Standard editor and author David McCumber discusses the investigative work that he and his partner, Andrew Schneider, conducted into health issues surrounding the mining of asbestos in Libby. McCumber provides the backstory behind the pair’s journalistic efforts as well as the far-reaching impacts their award-winning articles had in uncovering a national scandal.

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Montana Standard editor and author David McCumber discusses the investigative work that he and his partner, Andrew Schneider, conducted into health issues surrounding the mining of asbestos in Libby. McCumber provides the backstory behind the pair’s journalistic efforts as well as the far-reaching impacts their award-winning articles had in uncovering a national scandal.

An Air That Kills

MontanaHistoricalSociety

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