59th Case of Mesothelioma Found

According to recent reports, the 59th case of mesothelioma, a fatal cancer linked to asbestos exposure, has reportedly been found Minnesota.

The number of mesothelioma cases has been on the rise in Iron Range miners in the state.

Health Department Study Reveals Another Case

Buddy Ferguson, a spokesman for the Minnesota Department of Health, says the additional case was discovered in a recent study.
72,000 Iron Range miners were closely monitored in the Health Department’s study and were analyzed in relation to the Minnesota Cancer Surveillance System.

The miners who were grouped into the study worked in Iron Range mines between the 1930s and 1982.

“It’s a newly identified case of mesothelioma, I would put it that way,” explains Ferguson.

New Data Compared with Old Statistics

When the same match up was done with the workers and the surveillance system last year, only 58 cases of mesothelioma turned up, all of them being fatal.

It is still unclear as to whether or not the 59th case resulted in death or not.

(Source: Duluth News Tribune)

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