UM: Environment

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The L.A. Times reports on the start of a trial in which the W.R. Grace company and five former executives are accused of knowingly exposing Libby, Mont., residents to asbestos. The article quotes David Uhlmann, an UM law professor and former Justice Department environmental-crimes prosecutor: ”There’s never been a prosecution in the United States where so many people have been sickened or killed as a result of environmental crime.” [Source]