http://www.mymeso.org/?p=195#comment-1593 Hi Moe,<br>Thank you for your feedback on this article. I am encouraged that Minnesota is taking a proactive approach in studying this situation. They are currently trying to determine if the Iron Range workers affected by mesothelioma could possibly have been exposed to asbestos, or if their illness could be the result of a combination of exposure to asbestos and taconite, or taconite alone. Taconite is the mineral mined in the Iron Range, and it is fibrous, like asbestos, which led to the concerns that it might be a cause for mesothelioma. I will keep you posted as the study moves forward. Hi Moe,
Thank you for your feedback on this article. I am encouraged that Minnesota is taking a proactive approach in studying this situation. They are currently trying to determine if the Iron Range workers affected by mesothelioma could possibly have been exposed to asbestos, or if their illness could be the result of a combination of exposure to asbestos and taconite, or taconite alone. Taconite is the mineral mined in the Iron Range, and it is fibrous, like asbestos, which led to the concerns that it might be a cause for mesothelioma. I will keep you posted as the study moves forward.