Minnesota House and Senate have approved study of mesothelioma among Iron Range miners and reached agreement with Governor on funding

Recently, the Minnesota House and Senate approved a 5-year, 4-phase study of mesothelioma among Minnesota’s Iron Range miners to be led by the University of Minnesota. There have been 58 deaths attributed to mesothelioma among this mining population, which has shown an increased rate in the asbestos-related cancer since the late 1980s. But although everyone agreed that a comprehensive study was needed, lawmakers had a far more difficult time agreeing on where the funding for such a study shoul