Asbestos Exposure Sites
Between the 1930s and 1980s, thousands of U.S. industrial facilities used asbestos-containing materials that exposed workers to carcinogenic fibers. At least 125 documented exposure sites across 34 states have been identified, spanning 9 industry types. The most heavily impacted industries are shipyards (20 sites), power plants (20 sites), manufacturing (20 sites). Workers at these locations — and in some cases their families through secondary exposure — face elevated risks of mesothelioma, lung cancer, and asbestosis, often decades after their employment ended.
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All Documented Exposure Sites
Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Portsmouth, VA
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Kittery, ME
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Bremerton, WA
Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Vallejo, CA
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Philadelphia, PA
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Brooklyn, NY
Hunters Point Naval Shipyard
San Francisco, CA
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Long Beach, CA
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard
Pearl Harbor, HI
Bath Iron Works
Bath, ME
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Pascagoula, MS
Newport News Shipbuilding
Newport News, VA
General Dynamics Electric Boat
Groton, CT
Bethlehem Steel Shipyard Quincy
Quincy, MA
Todd Shipyards
Seattle, WA
Avondale Shipyard
Avondale, LA
Charleston Naval Shipyard
Charleston, SC
San Francisco Naval Shipyard (Treasure Island)
San Francisco, CA
Fore River Shipyard
Quincy, MA
Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding
Mobile, AL
Big Bend Power Station
Apollo Beach, FL
Crystal River Nuclear Power Plant
Crystal River, FL
Indian Point Energy Center
Buchanan, NY
Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station
Middletown, PA
Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station
Homestead, FL
Navajo Generating Station
Page, AZ
Bruce Mansfield Power Plant
Shippingport, PA
Monroe Power Plant
Monroe, MI
Chalk Point Generating Station
Eagle Harbor, MD
Brayton Point Power Station
Somerset, MA
Colstrip Power Plant
Colstrip, MT
General James M. Gavin Power Plant
Cheshire, OH
Labadie Energy Center
Labadie, MO
Robert W. Scherer Power Plant
Juliette, GA
Paradise Fossil Plant
Drakesboro, KY
Kingston Fossil Plant
Kingston, TN
Moss Landing Power Plant
Moss Landing, CA
Ravenswood Generating Station
Long Island City, NY
Centralia Power Plant
Centralia, WA
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station
San Clemente, CA
ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery
Baytown, TX
Chevron Richmond Refinery
Richmond, CA
BP Whiting Refinery
Whiting, IN
Marathon Detroit Refinery
Detroit, MI
Phillips 66 Wood River Refinery
Roxana, IL
Valero Port Arthur Refinery
Port Arthur, TX
Shell Deer Park Refinery
Deer Park, TX
CITGO Lake Charles Refinery
Lake Charles, LA
Dow Chemical Midland Plant
Midland, MI
DuPont Chambers Works
Deepwater, NJ
Union Carbide Institute Plant
Institute, WV
BASF Geismar Plant
Geismar, LA
Monsanto Sauget Plant
Sauget, IL
Standard Oil Whiting Refinery
Whiting, IN
Texaco Port Arthur Refinery
Port Arthur, TX
Gulf Oil Port Arthur Refinery
Port Arthur, TX
Sinclair Oil East Chicago Refinery
East Chicago, IN
Koch Industries Pine Bend Refinery
Rosemount, MN
Conoco Ponca City Refinery
Ponca City, OK
Ashland Oil Catlettsburg Refinery
Catlettsburg, KY
Johns-Manville Manville Plant
Manville, NJ
Johns-Manville Waukegan Plant
Waukegan, IL
Owens Corning Defiance Plant
Defiance, OH
Armstrong World Industries Lancaster Plant
Lancaster, PA
Raybestos-Manhattan Stratford Plant
Stratford, CT
Keasbey & Mattison Ambler Plant
Ambler, PA
GAF Corporation Wayne Plant
Wayne, NJ
Eagle-Picher Industries Joplin Plant
Joplin, MO
Harbison-Walker Refractories Pittsburgh Plant
Pittsburgh, PA
National Gypsum Gold Bond Plant
Buffalo, NY
Celotex Corporation Tampa Plant
Tampa, FL
Pittsburgh Corning Corporation Port Allegany Plant
Port Allegany, PA
Garlock Sealing Technologies Palmyra Plant
Palmyra, NY
Flintkote Company New Orleans Plant
New Orleans, LA
Nicolet Industries Ambler Plant
Ambler, PA
W.R. Grace Libby Operations
Libby, MT
Combustion Engineering Windsor Plant
Windsor, CT
Babcock & Wilcox Barberton Plant
Barberton, OH
Dana Corporation Paris Plant
Paris, TN
CertainTeed Corporation Valley Forge Plant
Valley Forge, PA
Libby Vermiculite Mine
Libby, MT
ASARCO Globe Plant
Denver, CO
Coalinga Asbestos Mine
Coalinga, CA
Lowell Asbestos Mine
Lowell, VT
New Idria Asbestos Mine
Idria, CA
Copperopolis Asbestos Mine
Copperopolis, CA
Sylacauga Marble & Asbestos Operations
Sylacauga, AL
ASARCO Vermiculite Plant
Minneapolis, MN
Western Mineral Products Plant
Minneapolis, MN
Milam Asbestos Mine
Milam, TX
Fort Bragg (Fort Liberty)
Fayetteville, NC
Camp Lejeune
Jacksonville, NC
Naval Station Norfolk
Norfolk, VA
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
Honolulu, HI
Naval Air Station Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
Oceanside, CA
Fort Hood (Fort Cavazos)
Killeen, TX
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, OH
Naval Submarine Base New London
Groton, CT
Naval Station San Diego
San Diego, CA
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
North Chicago, IL
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio, TX
Naval Air Station Pensacola
Pensacola, FL
Fort Sam Houston (JBSA)
San Antonio, TX
McClellan Air Force Base
Sacramento, CA
U.S. Steel Gary Works
Gary, IN
Bethlehem Steel Bethlehem Plant
Bethlehem, PA
U.S. Steel South Works
Chicago, IL
Republic Steel Cleveland Plant
Cleveland, OH
Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point
Sparrows Point, MD
Inland Steel East Chicago Plant
East Chicago, IN
LTV Steel Indiana Harbor Works
East Chicago, IN
Weirton Steel
Weirton, WV
National Steel Great Lakes Works
Ecorse, MI
Armco Steel Middletown Works
Middletown, OH
World Trade Center
New York, NY
The Pentagon
Arlington, VA
Chrysler Building
New York, NY
Empire State Building
New York, NY
U.S. Capitol Building
Washington, DC
Prudential Center
Boston, MA
Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower)
Chicago, IL
Grace Building
New York, NY
John Hancock Center
Chicago, IL
Rockefeller Center
New York, NY