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The Minnesota Health Department has released a new study examining the cause of the high number of workers from the northern part of the state who have received a mesothelioma diagnosis. Citizens of northern Minnesota develop mesothelioma symptoms at roughly twice the rate of the rest of the country.
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Several Minnesota state senators are calling for the firing of the state’s health commissioner for failing to release information about an increase in mesothelioma deaths among miners. The senators called on Gov. Tim Pawlenty to fire health commissioner Diane Mandernach for failing to disclose the results of a study into mesothelioma cases among workers in the state’s “Iron Range.”
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A Texas man has filed a mesothelioma lawsuit in Illinois against more than 100 corporations who he claims caused him to be exposed to asbestos. Allen Donely claims that he suffered asbestos exposure in the workplace and also from fibers carried home on his father’s clothing.
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A new study by an advocacy group for asbestos diseases says that younger patients and those with no history of asbestos exposure are being diagnosed with diseases like mesothelioma in increased numbers. The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) says that women, patients under 40 and those who have never worked around asbestos represent an increased proportion of those diagnosed with asbestos-related diseases.
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A woman from Minnesota has filed a mesothelioma lawsuit in Illinois against 72 defendant corporations. Lonna Morrison alleges that asbestos particles carried home from work on her husband’s clothing caused her to receive a mesothelioma diagnosis earlier this year.
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Minn. study examines workers’ high rates of mesothelioma diagnosisCritics call for official’s firing over Minn. mesothelioma studyMesothelioma lawsuit alleges companies destroyed evidence
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