Minnesota Exposure Sites
Many of our clients are unsure of how they could have been exposed to asbestos. We have hired some of the best investigators in the business. Our investigators will track down who was responsible to help ensure that they can be held accountable.
Below is a partial list of Minnesota buildings and job sites where asbestos exposure may have occurred. If you or a loved one have mesothelioma, or other asbestos-related injury, and wish to consult a Minnesota mesothelioma attorney about your legal rights to compensation, CLICK HERE for a free consultation or call us at 866-373-5000.
Aitken Aitken Light & Water Co.
Albany Albany Community Hospital, Inc.
Albert Lea Albert Lea Courthouse Albert Lea Savings & Loan Interstate Power Company J W R Plumbing & Heating Inc. Southern Minnesota Gas & Electric Company Wilson & Co Inc.
Alexandria Board of Public Works Municipal Power Plant Power Service Corp.
Anoka Anoka Senior High School Federal Cartridge Corporation
Arden Hills International Paper Co.
Au Gwah Ching State of Minnesota
Aurora Aurora Steam Electric Plant Bethlehem Steel Dow Chemical Co. Erie Mining Company Linde Air Products Co. (Union Carbide & Carbon Corp.) Minnesota Power & Light Co - Laskin Station Minnesota Power & Light Co.
Austin Austin Municipal Power Plant Austin Savings & Loan Austin Utilities Northeast Board of Water Electric & Gas City of Austin - Municipal Plant - Austin Utilities Fuel Economy Engineering Co. - Municipal Power Plant George A. Homiel and Company Hormel
Babbitt Linde Air Products Co. (Union Carbide & Carbon Corp.) Reserve Mining Co.
Barnesville Gabel Hotel
Bayport Anderson Corp. Minnesota State Correctional Facility Northern States Power Company Northern States Power, King Power Plant
Beaver Bay Cyprus North Shore Mining Reserve Mining Company
Becker Northern States Power Company Sherburne County Power Station Sherco Power Plant
Belle Plaine Minnesota Valley Cooperative Milk Processing Assoc.
Bemidji Bemidji Electric Manufacturing Company Interstate Power Company
Benson Knutson Brothers, Inc. New School Building
Billings Conoco Refinery
Black Dog Northern States Power Company - Black Dog Station
Bloomington Bloomington Airport Hubert Olson Junior High School
Blue Earth Blue Earth Rendering Company
Bongards Bongards Creameries
Brainerd Northern Pacific Railroad Company Northwest Paper Company Potlatch Corporation, Northwest Paper Company Div. Wausau Paper Company
Buhl Buhl Water & Light
Burnsville Black Dog Generating Plant Northern States Power Company Xcel Energy
Cass Lake St. Regis Paper Company
Cedar Falls City of Cedar Falls Municipal Light & Power
Celoquet Northwest Paper
Chaska American Crystal Sugar Company Carow County Sugar Company Earl Halabek & Sons Minnesota Sugar Company
Chemolite Louis E. Larson Company
Claremont Claremont Co-Op Creamery
Cloquet Conwed Corporation Diamond National Corporation Northwest Paper Company Potlatch Corporation S. D. Warren Company Sappi Fine Paper USG Interiors Wood Conversion Company
Cohasset Clay Boswell Power Station Minnesota Power & Light Co.
Coleraine Oliver Iron Mining Division - American Bridge Division - Trout Lake Concentrator U. S. Steel
Columbia Heights Minneapolis Water & Sewer
Cottage Grove 3M, Chemolite Plant Minnesota Mining Manufacturing Company
Crookston American Crystal Sugar Company Crookston Water Works, Power and Light Company Ottertail Power Co.
Detroit Lakes Swift & Company
Duluth A. W. Kuettel & Sons, Inc. American Steel and Wire Company Aurora Iron Mining Company Aw Kuettel & Sons Inc. Barnes Riverside Shipyard Bethel Home Board of Education Bridgeman-Russell Company Burlington Northern Cathedral High School Central High School Chicago NW Warehouse Dept. Christofferson Sons Company Duluth Air Force Base - Central Heating Plant Duluth Air Force Base (Western Elec.) Duluth and Iron Range Railroad Company Duluth Board of Trade Building Duluth Imperial Mill Company Duluth Steam Corp. Duluth Street Railway Company Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway Ed H. Anderson Company of Duluth Elliott and Company Fraser Shipyard George C. Howe Georgia Pacific Grandview Hospital Great Northern Power Company Interlake Iron Corp. International Refinery - Lake Superior Refinery Jackson School Jefferson School Kmart Kuettel Warehouse Linde Air Products Co. (Union Carbide & Carbon Corp.) Lyceum Building Marshall-Wells Company Miller Dwan Medical Center Minkota Milling Company Minnesota Power & Light Minnesota Power & Light Co. - Duluth Steam Station Minnesota Steel Company Minntac Modern Constructors Inc. Northern City National Bank Northern Pacific Railway Company Northwest Paper Co. Paul W. Abbott Company, Inc. R-Con Construction Reserve Mining Company Sky Harbor Airport & Seaplane Base Standard Builders Supply Superior Wood Products Company Superwood Corporation U M D Job U S Steel Corp. University of Minnesota - Central Heating US Steel Walter Butler Shipbuilders Wolvin Building Company Zaulk - Joseph Company Zenith Furnace Company
Eagan Blue Cross / Blue Shield
East Grand Forks American Beet Sugar Company American Crystal Sugar Company Red River Sugar Company
East Great Falls American Sugar Co. (aka American Crystal Sugar)
Egan Township Blue Cross Office Building
Elk River Elk River Power Plant Great River Energy Cooperative UPA / Elk River Power
Ely Pioneer Iron Company
Emco Erie Mining Company Linde Air Products Co. (Union Carbide & Carbon Corp.) Sdg - Spur Nbr 1
Eveleth Minnesota Power & Light Co. Taconite Plant
Fairfax Crescent Milling Company
Fairlane Eveleth Taconite Company
Fairmont 3M Corporation City of Fairmont Fairmont Canning Co.
Faribault Consumers Power Company
Farmington Weskem
Fergus Falls Barclay Manufacturing Company Dairy Farmers of America Fergus Falls Dairy Fergus Falls Hospital Hoot Lake Power Plant Otter Tail Power Company
Fisher Red River Valley Rolling Mill
Forbes Eveleth Taconite Company
Fridley Minnesota Linseed Oil Paint Company
Fulda New Fulda High School
Gaylord Court House
Grand Rapids Blandin Paper Company Blandin Paper Mill Flament-Hampshire, Incorporated Itasca Paper Company Western Mining
Granite Falls Northern States Power Company
Hastings Hastings National Bank Hastings State Asylum Hastings State Hospital Koch Refinery Koch Refining Company NASA Research and Engineering Network Pine Bend Ammonia Regina Hospital Smeads Plant
Hawley Ericksons Sheetmetal
Hibbing Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company Charter Incorporated Hibbing Public Utilities Hibbing Utility Commission Mechanical Construction Corp. Public Utilities Commission Rogers Brocon Iron Company
Hickory Pine Bend Oil Refinery
Hopkins Climax Inc. Fire Engineers, Incorporated Janney Semple Hill Peterson & Hede Company
Hoyt Lakes Erie Mining Company Hoyt Lakes Power Plant J&L Steel Ltv Steel Mining Company Erie Mining
Humboldt Midwestern Gas Transmission Co.
Hurley Kennecott Copper Company
Hutchinson 3M Don Palmer Erection Engineering Kraft Cheese Co.
International Falls Boise Cascade Corporation Boise Cascade Paper Mill Minnesota & Ontario Paper Company
Jordan Foss Wells and Company
Kasson Kasson Mantorville School
Keewatin National Steel Pellet Company
Lake City Lake City Light and Water Works
Lamberton Independent School District #31
Litchfield Anderson Chemical Company Litchfield Power Plant
Little Falls Hannepin Paper Company St. Gabriel Hospital
Livia Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative
Madison City of Madison - Municipal Light & Heating Plant
Mankato Archer Daniels Midland Company Bethany College CHS, Inc. Honeymead Products Mankato Clinic Mankato State College, various buildings Northern States Power Company St. Joseph's Hospital
Maple Lake Rural Electric Power Cooperation
Maplewood 3M, Main Plant Minnesota Mining Manufacturing Company
Marshall Minnesota Corn Processors National Guard Armory Wright Plumbing & Heating
Melrose Kraft Food Company Melrose High School
Midland Archer Daniels Midland
Midway Midway Hospital
Milaca Tenneco
Minneapolis 3M Company 730 Baker Building A.H. Bennett Company A.P.I. Acands, Inc. Ace Manufacturing, Inc. Acrometal Products Ah Bennett Company Anchor Hospital Armstrong Contracting & Supply Corporation Armstrong Cork Company Asbestos Insulation & Supply Co. B.F. Nelson Manufacturing Company Baker Building Baker Properties Management Co. Bell Telephone Bennett Williams Berg Farnam Black Dog Station Board of Education Bomb Washout Plant Breeching Boiler Tanks Bros Boiler Bros, Inc. Bureau of Mines - Pilot Plant Burlington Northern Railroad Burnzol Incinerator C.D. Gallagher Company C.E. Wentworth and Company Cargill, Inc. Carroll Charles Company Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railway Company Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co. Como Yard - Deep Tunnel Steam Line to Laundry Container Corporation Coon Rapids Junior High School County Building Curtis Hotel Dayton Rogers Manufacturing Degree of Honor Building Dispatch Oven Donaldsons Dunwoody Institute Electric Machinery Corporation Fairview Hospital Federal Cartrige Corporation Federal Reserve Bank Building First National Bank Fleischmann Malting Company Ft. Snelling GAF (Ruberoid) General Electric General Electric-Riverside Station General Mills, Inc. Great Northern Railroad/Burlington-Santa Fe Gregory Cook and Company Greyhound H. R. Nichols Co. Hayes Insulation Co. Hennepin County Government Center Hennepin County Juvenile Center Heritage - Chemistry Building Hickory Insulation Co. Hilton Firebrick Hinckle, Greenleaf & Company Honeywell IDS Properties Inc. Insulation Sales Company Iowa State University J.S. Porteous Jc Penney Johnston Manufacturing Company Journal Printing Company Kuom Broadcasting Station L.L. Hansen Residence Land O Lakes Laundry Building Lindberg Engineering Luger Furniture Company Lumber Exchange Building Macalester College - Dorms & Dining Hall Mapleton School May Bros. Co. Mechanical Insulation Contractors Miller Publishing Minneapolis Auditorium Expansion Minneapolis Court House Minneapolis Electric Steel Casting Minneapolis Gas Light Company Minneapolis General Electric Company Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator Co. Minneapolis Library Minneapolis Star Tribune Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Co. Minneapolis Street Railway Company Minneapolis Water Dept. Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co. Minneapolis-Moline Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport Minnegasco Incorporated Minnesota Linseed Oil Company Minnesota Mazda Lamp Works of General Electric Co. Minnesota Power & Light Moorhead Machinery and Boiler Co. Mt. Sinai Hospital National Biscuit Company New Office Building New York Life Insurance Company Nicnn Street Railway Company North Atlantic Construction Northeast Airlines Main Base - Wold Chamberlain Field Northern Pump Co. Northern States Power Company Northwest Airlines - MN&S 7th St Team Track Northwest Bank Northwest Bell Northwest Engineering Laboratories Northwest Hospital Northwestern Bank Building Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company Northwestern Hospital Northern States Power Company (Continued in next column)
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Minneapolis - continued Old Vets Hospital Ottertail Power Co. - Hoot Lake Station Westinghouse Turbine Owens Illinois Glass Company Pillsbury Center Pillsbury Mills Pioneer Malting Company Planter's Peanuts Plymouth Building - Central Heating Plant Power Service Corporation Princeton Job Processed Potatoes Incorporated Radisson Hotel Randolph M N & S Republic Creosoting Company River Tower Apartments Riverside Station S.W. High School Sheraton Ramp Sherburne County General Plant, Unit 3 & 4 Sheridan Hotel Sherwood Plant Smith-Sharpe Company Southdale Shopping Center - Penthouse Southside Lumber St. Barnabas Hospital St. Bonifacius College St. Cloud Heating Plant St. John's Lutheran Church St. Luke's Hospital St. Mary’s Hospital St. Paul and Northern Pacific Railway Company St. Thomas College Standard Brands, Inc. Strong Scott Strutwear Knitting Company Syndicate Block Thomas Lowry Temple Building Minneapolis Tinker A F B Transit Supply Company Twin Cities Cold Storage Company Twin Cities Rapid Transit Twin City Arsenal Twin City Rapid Transit Company Twin Lily Rapid Transit Company Union Carbide Corp. University of Minneapolis University of Minnesota University Of Minnesota-Engineering Building V.A. Hospital Veterans Administration Hospital W.I. Gray and Company Whirl-Air-Flow Equipment & Supply Co. White Farm Equipment (A/K/A Minneapolis-Moline Co.) Wilder Residences William H. Eustis Flour Exchange Willmar Power Plant - Chemistry Building Wm Bros Boiler & Manufacturing Co. Wold-Chamberlain Field
Minnesota City Minnesota Light and Power Company
Minnesota Transfer Asbestos Products Inc. Johnston Manufacturing Company Paul W. Abbott Company, Inc. - Central Warehouse
Monkato Monkato State College
Montevideo Montevideo Roller Mills Company
Montgomery Commander Mill Company
Monticello General Electric Company Hoechst Celanese Corporation Monticello Nuclear Power Plant Northern States Power
Moorhead A. H. Bennett Co. American Crystal Sugar Company Anheuser Busch, Inc. Busch Agricultural Resources Fairmont Creamery Fargo-Moorhead Insulation Co. Moorhead Power Plant Power Service Corp. Public Service Department
Mora C.E. Rogers, Highway 65 South Mora Elementary School
Morris University of Minnesota
Mountain Iron Minntac-Pellitizing Plant Oliver Iron Mining Company U. S. Steel Corporation - Minntac Project
Nashwauk Wisconsin Steel Company Hanna Mining Co.
New Brighton Honeywell, Ordinance Div. Building 502 Federal Cartrige Corporation Twin City Arsenal
New Duluth Minnesota Steel Company
New Folden New Folden High School
New Prague New Prague Hospital
New Ulm Altria Corporate Services, Inc. City of Ulm Dart & Kraft Eagle Roller Mill Kraft Foods Company Municipal Light and Power Plant Municipal Power Plant New Ulm Public Utility Commission Power Service Corp. - Municipal Power Plant
Newport Farmers Terminal Packing Company North Star Steel
Nichols Black Dog Station Northern States Power Company - Black Dog Plant Xcel Energy
Nicolet County Sleepy Eye
North Branch Green Acres Nursing Home
Northfield Northfield Electric Light Company St. Olaf College
Norwood Bongards Creameries
Oak Park Heights Alan S. King Power / Northern States Power
Ortonville Otter Tail Power Company
Owatonna Municipal Power Plant - Municipal Public Utilities Municipal Public Utilities Owatonna Electric Company Owatonna Power Plant Owatonna Public Utilities Pillsbury Academy Public Service Operating Company
Pelican Rapids Pelican Valley Health Center
Perham Building Sprinkler Co., Inc.
Pine Bend Asbestos Products, Inc. Central Farmers Fertilizer Co. Great Northern Oil Co. Koch Refining Company Pine Bend Oil Refinery
Pine City Eastern Minnesota Power Company Wisconsin Hydroelectric Company
Pine River Insulation, Inc.
Proctor Asdco Div-Zalk Josephs Co. Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Duluth and Iron Range Railroad Company Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway
Red Wing Northern States Power, Prairie Island Nuclear Power Plant Prairie Island Nuclear Station St. James Hospital St. Johns Hospital
Redwood Falls Redwood Falls Light & Power Company
Remer Remer Timber Co.
Renville Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative Southern Minnesota Sugar
Rochester Broadway Power Plant City of Rochester - Broadway Plant City of Rochester - Silver Lake Plant City of Rochester-Silver Lake Franklin Heating Station (119 Third Street S.W.) Franklin Station (Mayo Clinic) Madonna Tower Apartments Mayo Brothers Mayo Clinic Medical Science Building Public Utilities Board Rochester Community College Rochester Electric Department, Silver Lake Plant Rochester Public Utilities Silver Lake Power Plant Silver Lake Steam Generation St. Mary's Hospital State Hospital
Roger City U.S. Steel
Rosemount E.I. Du Pont De Nemours Gopher Ordnance Works Koch Industries, Inc.
Roseport Chemical & Industrial Corp. - St. Paul Ammonia Plant Great Northern Oil Company Great Northern Refining Co.
Roseville Kellogg High School
Sartell Champion International Corporation International Paper Sartell Paper Company St. Regis Paper Company Watab Pulp and Paper Company
Sherburn Interstate Power Company - Fox Lake Station
Sherryl Montana Phosphate Products
Shoreham Shops Soo Line Railroad
Silver Bay Cyprus North Shore Mining Hunkin, Arundal, Dixon Keuttle & Sons - Hunkin Arundel & Dixon Lakeside Project Power Plant Reserve Mining Company Silver Bay Power
Sioux Falls Pathfinder
Sleepy Eye Del Monte Foods Company Sleepy Eye Public Utility Commission
South Minneapolis Pure Oil Company
South St. Paul Armour and Company, Union Stock Yards Swift and Company, Union Stock Yards
Southdale Southdale Medical Clinic
Spring Valley Hang Steel
Springfield Springfield Public Utilities
St. Anthony Falls Twin City Rapid Transit Company
St. Clair St. Clair Power Station
St. Cloud Light, Heat, Transit and Public Service Company Monumental Sales Northern States Power Company St. Cloud College St. Cloud Powerhouse St. Cloud Vocational Technical High School Stovall by Products Company Veterans Hospital
St. Louis Park Asbury Hospital Norris Lokensgard Residence
St. Paul 3M Company 3M, Research A. Booth & Company Abbott Company Allan Black Company American Hoist & Derrick Company Ammonia Plant Anchor Hospital Armour Asbestos Products, Inc. Ashland Petroleum Refining Automobile Owners Tire Corporation Bethesda Hospital Blerke Tire and Rubber Company Board of Control for State of Minnesota Bohr Refrigerator Co. Breck School Buckbee Mears Burlington Northern Railroad Centennial Building City of St. Paul Water Works Clark Oil Refinery Cretin High School for Boys Cudahy Packing Company Douglas County Hospital Dwyer Plumbing and Heating Company E A Prairie Island Ecolab Ed H. Anderson Co. Empire National Bank Farmers Union Grain Terminal Film Pilot Plant Fire & Marine Insurance Company Building Fire Brick Supply Co. First National Bank Florcure Company Ford Motor Company Gagnon Construction George Fuller Gillette Building Gillette Toni Golden Rule Department Store Gopher Smelting & Refining Co. Gopher Smelting Co Great Northern Oil Co. Great Northern Railroad Great Northern/Burlington Northern Hamline University Hamms Brewing Company High Bridge Station Hoerner Waldorf Corporation Jewish Home for the Aged John B Plut Company Jos. T. Gilbert Logan School - Riverview School Lowry Building Luger Furniture Company Macalester College Macarthur Company Manhattan Light, Heat & Power Company Married Students Housing Merchants Bank Building Metropolitan Opera House Midway Hospital Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad Company Minnesota Blue Cross Headquarters Building Minnesota By-Products Coke Company Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company Minnesota Transfer Montgomery Ward & Company New York City Insurance Company North St. Paul Table Company North Star Steel Company Northern Pacific Railway Company Northern States Power Co. - Praire Island Nuclear Plant Northern States Power Company Northern States Power Company - Bayport Powerhouse Northern States Power Company - High Bridge Station Northwestern Fuel Company Northwestern Grass Furn Company Northwestern Improvement Company Norwest Bank Paul W. Abbott Company, Inc. Plut Company Post Office Prairie Island Job Quality Insulation Service Quamco Job R.B. Whitacre and Company, Inc. Rock Tenn Sacred Heart Hospital Smith and Taylor Soo Line (CP Rail System) St. Bonifacious St. Joseph's Hospital St. Paul Ammonia Inc. St. Paul and White Bear Railroad Company St. Paul Cathedral St. Paul City Railway Company St. Paul Companies St. Paul Fire and Marine St. Paul Gas Light Company St. Paul Water Department State Capital Building Stroh Brewery Company Swedberg Construction Swift and Company Toni Company United States Bedding Company United States Post Office University of Minnesota Vono Pipe Covering Company W.A. Wood Harvester Company Waldorf Hoerner Paper Products Company Waldorf Paper Waste Water Treatment Wayzata School West Hopkins Junior High School West Side Power Heat and Light Company Whirlpool Corporation Xcel Energy
St. Paul Park Ashland Oil & Refinery Company Northwestern Refining Company Foster Wheeler Company
St. Peter Al J. Potts Company Hospital for the Insane St. Peter State Hospital
Staples Burlington Northern Railroad Midwestern Gas Transmission Co. Northern Pacific Railway Company Santa Fe Railroad
Steelton American Steel & Wire Company Boiler House #2 Minnesota Steel Company United States Steel Corporation
Stillwater Allen S. King Station Unit #1 Consumers Power Company Minnesota State Prison Northern States Power, 5701 St. Croix Terr North Stillwater State Prison
Taconite Harbor Bethlehem Steel Co. Erie Mining Company Ltv Steel Mining Company
Twin Valley Federal Public Service Co.
Two Harbors Duluth & Iron Range RR Co. Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway
Virginia City of Virginia - Water & Light Commission Mesaba Railway Company Modern Plumbing & Heating Oliver Iron Mining Division Pohaki Lumber Co. Shoppe Plumbing & Heating Staver Foundry U S Steel Ore Operations
Waite Park Burlington Northern Railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Waseca Connors Plumbing Northland Research Company
Welch Prairie Island Powerhouse (Nsp)
West Duluth Minnesota Blast Furnace Company Zenith Furnace Company
White Bear Lake Paul W. Abbott Company, Inc. Smith Sharpe Company Vo-Tech
Willmar Municipal Power Plant Willmar Hospital Willmar Municipal Power Plant Willmar Municipal Utility Commission
Windom Windom Power Plant
Winona Badger Foundry Co., Inc. Board of Municipal Water Works Board of Public Works Community Memorial Hospital Interstate Packing Company Miller Engineering Laboratories, Inc. Mississippi Valley Public Service Company Saint Teresa Institute Sauer Memorial Home St. Teresa’s Womens Res Hall Swift & Co. Watkins Products Winona Hospital - Community Memorial Hospital Winona Malting Company Winona Railway and Light Company Winona State College Winona State Hospital Wisconsin Railway Light and Power Company
Winsted St. Mary's Hospital & Rest Home Sterner Industries
Worthington Armour Meat Packing Plant City of Worthington Power Plant Duba Sheetmetal
Wrenshall Conoco Oil Refinery International Refineries Inc. Wrenshall Refinery
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Minnesota Mesothelioma Lawyers
Our mesothelioma lawyers are proud to represent mesothelioma victims and their families across the United States, including hardworking men and women in Minnesota.
The only known cause of mesothelioma cancer is exposure to asbestos. During the 20th century, tons of asbestos were mined and used in thousands of products in many industries, including Minnesota power plants, oil refineries, factories, sugar refineries, schools and universities.
Major cities in Minnesota where asbestos exposure is known to have occurred at jobsites include:
- Minneapolis
- St. Paul
- Rochester
- Duluth
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- Bloomington
- St. Cloud
- Eagan
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Filing a Mesothelioma Claim in Minnesota
Our mesothelioma attorneys in Minnesota are focused solely on mesothelioma, allowing us to be sensitive to the concerns of our clients suffering while navigating the unique legal aspects of these cases and maximizing each client's recovery. It is important to know that every state has its own laws and if you wait too long, your claims may be barred.
Minnesota Mesothelioma Treatment Centers
The following are cancer centers in Minnesota that specialize in the treatment of mesothelioma cancer. If you would like to learn more, CLICK HERE to contact our client service team or call us at 866-373-5000.
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Mayo Clinic Cancer Center 200 First Street SW Rochester, Minnesota 55905 |
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Masonic Cancer Center - University of Minnesota 420 Delaware Street SE Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 |
Minnesota Mesothelioma Physicians
Mark S. Allen, M.D. Mayo Clinic 200 1st St. S.W. Rochester, MN 55905 (507) 284-2511 Appointment Office: (507) 538-3270 |
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Rafael Andrade,M.D. Masonic Cancer Center University of Minnesota 425 East River Road Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612) 624-6671 |
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Claude Deschamps, M.D. Mayo Clinic 200 1st St. S.W. Rochester, MN 55905 (507) 284-2511 Appointment Office: (507) 538-3270 |
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James R. Jett, M.D. Mayo Clinic 200 1st St. S.W. Rochester, MN 55905 (507) 284-2511 Appointment Office: (507) 538-3270 |
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Robert Kratzke, M.D. Masonic Cancer Center University of Minnesota 425 East River Road Minneapolis, MN 55455 (212) 625-5411 |
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Mesothelioma Resources
Mesothelioma is a rare and very serious form of cancer found in the lining surrounding the lungs, the stomach, or the heart. The only known cause of mesothelioma is exposure to asbestos.
It often takes 10 to 60 years after exposure to asbestos before the symptoms of mesothelioma develop. This period of time is referred to as a latency period. Because of the latency period, the disease commonly affects men and women that are at least 50 years of age and that worked with asbestos between 10 and 60 years ago.
Minnesota Mesothelioma Facts
Today, the use of asbestos and the handling of asbestos materials are regulated in the United States but its use is not banned. It is recognized as a hazardous material and is monitored by OSHA and the EPA but exposure risks still exist. The United States still consumes 30 million pounds of new asbestos per year. Additionally, many old homes, factories, schools, warehouses, and commercial buildings still contain old asbestos products.
The average incident rate of mesothelioma in the United States is 1 / 100,000 - the state of Minnesota is below the National average.
There are a number of different jobs that caused a larger amount of exposure to asbestos on a more frequent basis. Below you will find today's employment numbers for several of these high risk jobs in Minnesota:
Occupation |
2008 Minnesota Employment |
Construction |
117,525 |
Mechanical Engineers |
5,650 |
Electricians |
11,580 |
Teachers & Instructors |
5,900 |
Mechanics & Technicians |
11,980 |
Plumbers, Pipefitters & Steamfitters |
8,660 |
Source: Careerinfonet.org
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