In 06, the University of Minnesota began a $ 4.9 million study of mesothelioma in Iron Ridge Minnesota, abnormally high levels of the rare lung cancer and the terminal have been discovered. Interest in the study was triggered further that the Minnesota Department of Health began reviewing data from the cancer registry of the State in order to study and discovered a number of alarming mesothelioma deaths in mining Minnesota iron.
The iron chain is located in the northeast region of Minnesota. It is a landscape that is rich in taconite, which contains iron and silica and is melted to produce steel. Research in the area will continue, with health screenings for miners in the region and their families to begin this spring. Researchers hope to finish the random projections of at least 00 people in the region Iron Ridge. The screenings will be complemented at the regional medical center in Virginia the next six to nine months.
The issues raised in this research include whether taconite dust may be contaminated with asbestos or if the exposure occurred at various construction and labor jobs around the taconite mines.
