U of M experts want mine workers to volunteer for cancer tests

Full story: TwinCities.com

Past and present taconite workers will receive letters from the University of Minnesota in coming weeks inviting them to participate in a massive screening for a rare lung disease.

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Oh My

Saint Paul, MN

Jack Mandel has been in my work life for a long time. I remember processing research survey's when he did his study with x-ray techs and cancer due to radiation exposure.

tammy

Minneapolis, MN

God speed this necessary and long overdue study. I watched a dear friend of mine die from this horribly painful disease. He had been a miner his whole life. It is NO coincidence!!!

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