A team of researchers at the University of Minnesota have begun a five-year study to determine if our definition of asbestos is currently too broad.

The study will look at the health effects of taconite dust by looking at 1,200 taconite miners and their spouses.

Most of the time researchers just look at asbestos as the cause of Mesothelioma, but it seems that tanconite plays a huge part as well.

We can’t wait to see the results of this study!