The North Shore Mining Company in Silver Creek, MN is currently attempting to obtain court permission to override existing legislation that dictates levels of asbestos emissions.
The Minnesota Appellate Court will now decide whether or not to allow the company to emit more asbestos into the air. Existing emissions legislation dictates that asbestos levels of emission must be lower or equal to asbestos levels in the air. A court decision ruling with the mining company would give the company the freedom to emit as much asbestos as it desires.
Asbestos was banned by federal legislation in the 1970’s because a clear connection had become evident between asbestos exposure and the development of asbestos related disease, including the cancer, mesothelioma. The current Minnesota legislation regarding asbestos emissions standards was passed in 1974.
It is quite possible that if the Appellate Court rules in favor of the North Shore Mining Co., employees of the company as well as residents of neighboring Silver Creek could be at risk of harmful airborne asbestos exposure.
The motion initiated by the mine has been denounced by the attorney generals of both Minnesota and Wisconsin, in addition to a bevy of environmental activists.
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