More Asbestos-Related Cancer Found Among Taconite Workers

(AP) According to the State Department of Health, four more cases of a rare asbestos-related cancer have been identified among Minnesota taconite workers. Those cases bring the total number of workers diagnosed with that ailment to 63. The cases were discovered by the Department among 63,000 people who worked in the State's mining industry between the 1930's, and 1982.