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Vermont's asbestos exposure history, while less prominent than heavily industrialized states, is linked to its manufacturing operations, military installations, and the talc mining industry. Vermont has historically been one of the leading talc-producing states, with mines in the southern part of the state near Ludlow, Chester, and Johnson that produced talc sometimes contaminated with asbestos fibers. Workers in these mines and in the talc processing facilities were exposed to asbestos-contaminated dust. The Vermont Asbestos Group (VAG) operated asbestos mines in northern Vermont near Eden and Lowell, where chrysotile asbestos was extracted from the 1970s through the 1990s. The former IBM semiconductor manufacturing facility in Essex Junction, one of the state's largest private employers, used asbestos in its cleanroom infrastructure and facility insulation. The Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station in Vernon, which operated from 1972 to 2014, was built with asbestos-containing materials. Manufacturing operations in Springfield, Brattleboro, and other communities used asbestos in machinery and building insulation. Paper mills along the Connecticut River used asbestos in their equipment. The former Fort Ethan Allen military installation in Colchester contained asbestos materials. Vermont provides a three-year statute of limitations from discovery for personal injury claims and two years for wrongful death.