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General Background Information

• MDH: Information about Asbestos
• MDH: Asbestos Disease: An Overview for Clinicians

Reports and Publications

• MDH: Center for Occupational Health & Safety Respiratory Disease Reports
• Minnesota Cancer Surveillance System (MCSS) - the state's cancer registry.Includes publications with mesothelioma statistics
• NRRI: Environmental Study of Mineral Dust in Population Centers on Mesabi Iron Range: Progress Report by T. Diedrich, D. Brecke, M. Schreiber, L. Zanko, V. Marple, and B. Olson; presented at the Annual Meeting of the SME Minnesota Section, April 14 and 15, 2009.
• NRRI: Taconite-Derived Mineral Dust in Population Centers on Mesabi Iron Range: Tracking Mineral Fibers from Ore to Air by Tamara Diedrich, Devon Brecke, Megan Schreiber, Larry Zanko; presented at the Institute on Lake Superior Geology, Ely, Minnesota, May 7 & 8, 2009.

 

News Releases

• MDH: New analysis of 58 mine workers previously diagnosed with mesothelioma (Dec. 7, 2007)
  • View the report
• MDH: Six more cases of asbestos-related cancer identified
  in group of former mine workers (June 20, 2007)
• MDH: Proposed studies would address health concerns associated with mining activity in northeastern Minnesota (March 28, 2007)
• MDH: Study finds that “commercial” asbestos offers likely explanation for high respiratory cancer rates in northeastern Minnesota (March 7, 2003)