The state of Vermont is trying to determine if waste from an abandoned mine near Lowell and Eden, VT was used in construction and roadwork.

Last week we wrote about Vermont telling citizens to steer clear of the abandoned mine, as people were using the area to ride all-terrain vehicles. Research has shown that the closer people live to the abandoned mine the higher their odds are of dying due to asbestosis or mesothelioma.

Linda Elliot of the Department of Environmental Conservation says that the state will look to the public in the communities in question, to see how the waste from the mine was used, if it was in fact used at all.

Elliot said it is not clear how much asbestos fiber was contained in the rock, but that it is very important to find out how the rock may have been used.