6 plead not guilty in asbestos conspiracy

Six senior employees of W.R. Grace & Co. pleaded not guilty in federal court Tuesday to charges that they conspired for decades to hide the health dan

Charges include conspiracy, violating the Clean Air Act, wire fraud and obstruction of justice.

Sisters Helen McMillan Zak and Judy McMillan Shelmerdine, who both have asbestos disease after growing up in Libby, attended the arraignment before U.S. Magistrate Bart Erickson.

"I just wanted to see their faces," said Zak, of Stevensville, breathing with the aid of an oxygen tank.

Three of the women's four brothers have already died of asbestos disease, as did their father, who worked at the Libby mine.

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