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2014

December 1, 2014

Community meeting held December 1, 2014

The University of Minnesota held a public meeting to discuss the final report on the Minnesota Taconite Workers Health Study. Researchers from the U of M School of Public Health and the U of M Duluth Natural Resources Research Institute presented the final report of the study and answered questions from the community.
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2013

April 12, 2013

Community meeting held April 12, 2013

The Minnesota Taconite Workers Lung Health Partnership and the Taconite Workers Health Study research team held a public meeting at the Mountain Iron Community Center to give an update and discuss study findings.
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2012

May 31, 2012

Partnership meeting held May 31, 2012

The Minnesota Taconite Workers Lung Health Partnership met Thursday, May 31, 2012, via teleconference and internet interface.
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2011

October 17, 2011

October 2011 Update

The research team continues to make progress in each of the study components.  The occupational exposure assessment, mortality and cancer incidence studies, the respiratory health survey and the airborne particulate study have all moved forward in accomplishing key goals.

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Feb. 28, 2011

WDIO Eyewitness News

Doctors working on the Minnesota Taconite Workers Health Study said they have found 14 more cases of the deadly cancer mesothelioma, WDIO Eyewitness News reported on Feb. 28. That brings the total to 77, out of more than 45,000 people.

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2010

 

Dec. 12, 2010

December 2010 Update
Considerable progress has been made in each study component of the Taconite Workers Health Study.
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Dec. 8, 2010
Partnership meeting held December 8, 2010

The Minnesota Taconite Workers Lung Health Partnership met Wednesday, December 8, 2010, via video teleconference.
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August 17, 2010

Respiratory Health Survey of Taconite Workers and Spouses research study clinic testing workers and spouses at the Bay Area Health Center in Silver Bay

The Respiratory Health Survey of Taconite Workers and Spouses research study clinic will be testing workers and spouses at the Bay Area Health Clinic, 50 Outer Circle, Silver Bay from September 20 to October 15, 2010.  The research study clinic located at the Virginia Regional Medical Center in Virginia closed August 13, 2010. Read more...

 

 

August 13, 2010

Letter from Dean Finnegan

I have some news to share about the Respiratory Health Survey of Taconite Workers and Spouses, a part of the larger state-funded Minnesota Taconite Workers Health Study being undertaken by the University of Minnesota. Read more...

 

 

March 30, 2010

Four new cases of asbestos-related cancer to be included in University of Minnesota’s Taconite Workers Health Study

As part of its ongoing participation with a U of MN study of respiratory health issues in Minnesota taconite workers, the MDH has identified four additional cases of mesothelioma in a group of 69,000 people who worked in the state’s iron mining industry between the 1930s and 1982. Read more...

 

March 30, 2010
Partnership meeting held March 30, 2010

The Minnesota Taconite Workers Lung Health Partnership met Tuesday, March 30, 2010, via video teleconference.
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2009

 

 

October 6, 2009

Iron Range Miners: Three Personal Stories

(from Duluth News Tribune, published online October 4, 2009) — Sam Rickes breathed in, and he breathed out. He held his breath once, twice, and three times. Read more...

 

 

October 6, 2009

Miners Health Study the End of a Long Wait

(from Duluth News Tribune, published online October 4, 2009) VIRGINIA — One by one, the miners have entered the small collection of offices at Virginia Regional Medical Center.
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September 4, 2009
Taconite Miners Encouraged to Take Part in Mesothelioma Study

(from Grand Rapids Herald-Review, published online August 29, 2009) Itasca County Health and Human Services Director Lester Kachinske provided an update on the Minnesota Taconite Workers Health Study during a meeting of the ICHHS Board this week.
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August 24, 2009
Partnership meeting held August 18, 2009

The Minnesota Taconite Workers Lung Health Partnership met Tuesday, August 18, 2009, via video teleconference.
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August 24, 2009
Respiratory Health Survey of Taconite Workers and Spouses Opens Clinic

On August 17, 2009 the Respiratory Health Survey of Taconite Workers and Spouses clinic opened in the Medical Arts Building at the Virginia Regional Medical Center.
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July 9, 2009
Our View: Participation a Must in Iron Range Cancer Study

(from Duluth News Tribune, published online July 8, 2009)

Letters go out this week, addressed to miners and former miners and their spouses, inviting them to participate in a health study aimed at finding out why a rare cancer is ravaging the Iron Range.
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June 29, 2009
Community Update Meeting

On June 25, a community meeting was held in Eveleth, MN, to update former and current Iron Range taconite mining workers on the Minnesota Taconite Workers Health Study. Researchers, including SPH Prof. Jeff Mandel,
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May 12, 2009
Taconite Worker Study Group Status Update

On April 21, 2009, Bruce Alexander, Ian Greaves, Gurumurthy Ramachandran, and Jeff Mandel discussed the status of the Taconite Worker Study Group investigation to the Inter-Agency Committee on Asbestos.
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May 8, 2009
Iron Resolve

The University's School of Public health is leading a vast partnership to discover why so many Iron Range taconite miners are dying of a brutal lung disease. (Minnesota Magazine)
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January 16, 2009
Researchers Conduct Walk-Throughs at Iron Range Sites

On January 12-13, 2009, Ph.D. student Jooyeon Hwang and faculty members Gurumurthy Ramachandran and Pete Raynor from the Division of Environmental Health Sciences visited Cliffs Natural Resources' United Taconite mine in Eveleth, MN and processing facility in nearby Forbes, MN to conduct a walk-through survey of particle levels and engineering controls at the sites.
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2008

 

 

December 19, 2008
Partnership meeting held December 18, 2008
The Minnesota Taconite Workers Lung Health Partnership met Thursday, December 18, 2008, at the Mountain Iron Community Center 8586 Enterprise Drive South.
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October 03, 2008
Studenski appointed study coordinator of Lung Health Partnership research study
Leslie Studenski has been appointed study coordinator for the Minnesota Taconite Workers Lung Health Partnership research project.
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June 16, 2008
Researchers to keep miners informed (WCCO TV)
The research team looking into a rare cancer on Minnesota's Iron Range says it wants to meet often with mine workers and retirees.
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