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Libby vermiculite to be studied EPA gives $2.1 million research grant to Hamner Institute for a 3-year study December 23, 2008 The Environmental Protection Institute (EPA) has given a $2.1 million grant to the Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences to fund a three-year study of vermiculite from the Libby area. The study will include inhalation exposure to laboratory animals (rats), definitive toxicity studies, and analyzing animal tissues after exposure. Click on this link to an article that appeared online on December 19, 2008, on Tech Journal South about the study: NC-based Hamner Institutes land $2.1M research grant (http://www.techjournalsouth.com)

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