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EPA studying gravel pits near the Killdeer Mountains

"We'll come up with results from the EPA to try and determine the level, or any risk," said Scott Radig, director of the Health Department's division of waste management

KILLDEER (AP) - Environmental Protection Agency workers have been raking softball fields and parking lots containing gravel from an area near the Killdeer Mountains to test for erionite, a mineral similar to asbestos. The state Health Department collected samples last spring, and EPA sampling began this week.

"We'll come up with results from the EPA to try and determine the level, or any risk," said Scott Radig, director of the Health Department's division of waste management.

"The hope is for no high-level risk," Radig said. "I would be glad if it turned out to be worry over nothing."

Erionite was discovered in the Killdeer Mountains in the 1980s, and the state was considering mining it, Radig said. There were no known health risks then, he said.

State geologist Ed Murphy later found out about a study of a village in Turkey that found possible links to lung cancer and mesothelioma from high exposures of erionite, Radig said. Murphy contacted the state Health Department last spring to look into the matter further, he said... (Read More)

Lilly begins new trial on cancer drug Alimta

Lilly will test its cancer drug Alimta in combination with carboplatin in the end-phase trial that will enroll 1,820 patients.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Eli Lilly and Co. said Monday it has begun the largest patient trial to treat small-cell lung cancer. Lilly will test its cancer drug Alimta in combination with carboplatin in the end-phase trial that will enroll 1,820 patients. Alimta is approved to treat another form of lung cancer, mesothelioma... (Read More)

 


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