Meetings on asbestos mine to be held next week
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The Associated Press - Published: January 7, 2009
LOWELL — Two public meetings to discuss health threats posed by a closed asbestos mine in northern Vermont are to be held next week.
The meetings in Lowell and Eden were postponed last month because of bad weather.
The state Health Department is now planning to hold the meetings in the two towns to discuss a new study that shows a connection between people living near the mine and asbestos-related illnesses.
The study found that people living within 10 miles of it had a higher rate of some ailments than those in the rest of the state.
The first meeting is scheduled for Jan. 12 at 6:30 p.m. at the Eden Central School.
On Jan. 13 a meeting will be held at the Lowell Graded School.
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