University of Minnesota to Spearhead Study of Taconite and Mesothelioma
Amid the June 2007 controversy over the Minnesota Department of Health’s
failure to release the results of findings regarding 35 former Iron Range
workers diagnosed with Mesothelioma,
Representative Tom Rukavina (MN-DFL) announced that the University of Minnesota
would be leading a study regarding taconite and the miners who have been
diagnosed with Mesothelioma, a serious form of lung cancer associated with exposure to asbestos.
According to Dr. Jeffrey H.
Mandel, an Environmental Health Services professor at the University of
Minnesota, the study will be conducted in three parts:
- A thorough evaluation of taconite and the dusts and fibers it releases into
the environment. It is expected that this part of the study could be completed
within one year.
- A study of Mesothelioma, including the factors relating to the miners
contracting it and a study of the miners who have died from this rare form of
lung cancer.
- A study of both current and former miners to see what kinds of lung diseases they are contracting.
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