Minnesota Miners Mesothelioma, Study Iron Range Miners Show Higher Cancer Rates But Reasons Unclear Mpr News

Currently over 100 cases hav the purpose of this paper was to assess the role of non asbestiform amphibole emps in the etiology of mesotheliomas and other lung disease in taconite iron ore miners.

Wt1 mesothelioma. Miners who were exposed to asbestos in these mines also suffered from an increase in asbestos related illnesses and mesothelioma. The rate of mesothelioma for the general population of minnesota was just 14 per 1000 according to the study. An excess of mesothelioma has been observed in iron ore miners in northeastern minnesota.

Those who lived near the mines were and continue to be at risk for asbestos related diseases including. Lambert et al 1 report on the relationship between exposure to elongate mineral particles emps and the incidence of mesothelioma among minnesota iron ore miners. The study found that miners had a 33 per 1000 person rate of mesothelioma by the time they reached age 80.

Mesothelioma is directly linked to asbestos inhalation which is found in various materials and naturally occurs in many iron and taconite mines in northeastern minnesota. The minnesota department of health in 1999 confirmed a much higher rate of mesothelioma among men in northeast minnesota than men in the rest of the state. In a previous study mesothelioma mortality was found to be increased among workers employed in the minnesota mining industry2 based on 30 observed deaths a standardised mortality ratio smr of 277 with a 95 ci of 187 to 396.

Mesothelioma in taconite workers most likely due to asbestos. Increased mesothelioma rates have been described in minnesota taconite workers since the late 1990s. Mining isnt going to go away in.

Mining and processing of taconite iron ore generate exposures that include elongate mineral particles emps of amphibole and non amphibole origin. We conducted a nested casecontrol study of mesothelioma in a cohort of 68 737 iron ore miners haematite and taconite ore miners to evaluate. And because of mesotheliomas long latency it can take upwards to 40 50 years from exposure to asbestos for symptoms to appear these numbers are expected to rise according to dr.

Mining and processing of taconite iron ore generate exposures that include elongate mineral particles emps of amphibole and non amphibole origin. To date more than 100 cases of mesothelioma have been identified in minnesota miners. In the late 1990s miners in minnesotas taconite iron ore mining industry began experiencing an unusual uptick in cases of a rare and fatal cancer called mesothelioma.

Only in recent years has commercial asbestos been removed from the mining operation. So far 101 iron range miners all men who worked in the taconite mining industry between the 1930s and the 1980s have been diagnosed with mesothelioma.