High mesothelioma rate in Grace’s 1976 hamster study, says company chemist

"A former W.R. Grace chemist told jurors at the Grace criminal trial that company executives ordered an animal study of the effects of its asbestos-contaminated vermiculite in 1976. Hamsters were injected with the vermiculite, and many of them developed asbestos-related mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases. Within a year of injection, 10 of the " (2009-3-24)
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