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Do taconite fibers cause cancer?
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NorthShore Mining Company now operates the former Reserve mine and taconite plant.  Waste rock is deposited on land a few miles from Lake Superior.  Questions remain about whether taconite fibers pose a human health risk. (Photo courtesy Cleveland Cliffs)

NorthShore Mining Company now operates the former Reserve mine and taconite plant. Waste rock is deposited on land a few miles from Lake Superior. Questions remain about whether taconite fibers pose a human health risk.

(Photo courtesy Cleveland Cliffs)
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