Fatal Deception: The Untold Story of Asbestos: Why it is still legal and killing us

An investigative reporter looks at the damage done by mining and manufacturing companies who refused to acknowledge the harm caused by asbestos. Focusing largely on a vermiculite mine in Libby, Montana, Michael Bowker shows how one business put its bottom line over its employees' health. Interviews with victims of asbestos poisoning and their survivors are interspersed with EPA reports, company memos and other sources, as Bowker charts asbestos's history, from its identification as a "miracle mineral" tothe first signs that it might be dangerous, to the government's ineffectual policies and various companies' decisions not to inform its workers of the health risks it posed.