Alabama Asbestos Sites

Alabama Asbestos Sites
Alabama Asbestos Sites

Alabama Asbestos Sites

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While Alabama cannot claim a history in asbestos mining, the state does have a remarkable number of employment sites past and present where asbestos exposure has been a concern. The state has had two major shipyards in the Alabama Drydock & Shipping Co. and Bender Shipbuilding: shipyards have been hotspots for asbestos exposure because of extensive use of the material for insulation and for heat control in the engine room and in pipe systems.

Since asbestos was identified as a major carcinogen in the 1980s its use has been severely curtailed. However it takes years, even decades for asbestos-related diseases such as asbestosis and mesothelioma lung cancer to develop. That is why tens of thousands of people who were exposed to asbestos many years ago are filing compensation claims today.
Alabama Company Facilities Using Asbestos

Alabama has also been a major producer of steel, another employment site that is ripe for asbestos exposure. There are six major steel and iron manufacturing facilities in the state as well as four oil refineries. Facilities of this type generate and use a lot of heat. Any place that uses heat in a manufacturing or operating capacity and has been built between 1920 and 1990 probably has abundant asbestos somewhere in its structure. Here is a partial list of sites that have been recognized for their potential for hazardous exposure to asbestos:

* Republic Steel - Alabama City, AL
* Alabama Pipe - Anniston, AL
* Anniston Army Depot - Anniston, AL
* Monsanto Chemical Plant - Anniston, AL
* Southern Natural Gas - Auburn, AL
* Shell Chemical - Axis, AL
* Stauffer Chemical - Axis, AL
* Tenneco - Bay Minnette, AL
* Southern Natural Gas - Bent Springs, AL
* Bessemer Pipe Plant - Bessemer, AL
* Pullman Car Manufacturing - Bessemer, AL
* U.S. Pipe Plant - Bessemer, AL
* U.S. Steel Mill - Bessemer, AL
* ACIPCO Pipe Plant - Birmingham, AL
* Air Products - Birmingham, AL
* Alabama Oxygen - Birmingham, AL
* Alabama Power - Birmingham, AL
* American Cast Iron Pipe - Birmingham, AL
* Avondale Mills - Birmingham, AL
* Badham Insulation - Birmingham, AL
* Cement Asbestos Pipe Co.(CAPCO) - Birmingham, AL
* Chicago Bridge & Iron - Birmingham, AL
* Clow Pipe - Birmingham, AL
* Empire Coke - Birmingham, AL
* McWane Cast Iron Pipe - Birmingham, AL
* Reynolds Aluminum - Birmingham, AL
* U.S. Pipe - Birmingham, AL
* Virginia Chemical - Birmingham, AL
* Container Corp. - Brewton, AL
* Alabama Oxygen - Brighton, AL
* TVA Power Plant - Browns Ferry, AL
* Alabama Power - Bucks, AL
* Stauffer Chemical - Bucks, AL
* Phillips Petroleum - Chatom, AL
* USS Agri-Chemicals - Cherokee, AL
* Union Carbide - Chickasaw, AL
* Diamond Shamrock - Colbert, AL
* Kimberly Clark - Coosa Pines, AL
* Champion Paper - Courtland, AL
* Air Products - Decatur, AL
* American Petrochemical - Decatur, AL
* Fruehauf Corp. - Decatur, AL
* Goodyear Tire & Rubber - Decatur, AL
* Ingalls Iron - Decatur, AL
* Minnesota Mining & Mfg - Decatur, AL
* Monsanto Chemical - Decatur, AL
* TVA Nuclear Plant - Decatur, AL
* Alabama Power - Demopolis, AL
* Borden Chemical - Demopolis, AL
* Gulf States Paper - Demopolis, AL
* Farley Nuclear Power Plant - Dothan, AL
* Allied Chemical - Fairfield, AL
* Celotex - Fairfield, AL
* US Steel - Fairfield, AL
* Western Electric - Fairhope, AL
* Reynolds Aluminum - Florence, AL
* Alabama Power - Gadsden, AL
* Goodyear - Gadsden, AL
* Gulf States Steel - Gadsden, AL
* Republic Steel - Gadsden, AL
* Alabama Power - Gorgas, AL
* Monsanto - Guntersville, AL
* Empire Coke - Holt, AL
* Owens Corning - Huntsville, AL
* Thiokol - Huntsville, AL
* Union Carbide - Huntsville, AL
* Allied Paper - Jackson, AL
* Rockwell Mfg. - Leeds, AL
* KBR - McIntosh, AL
* Geigy Chemical - McIntosh, AL
* Alabama Drydock & Shippin - Mobile, AL
* Alabama Power - Mobile, AL
* Bender Shipbuilding & Drydock - Mobile, AL
* Container Corporation - Mobile, AL
* Diamond Shamrock - Mobile, AL
* International Paper - Mobile, AL
* National Gypsum - Mobile, AL
* Shell Chemical - Mobile, AL
* Standard Oil - Mobile, AL
* Union Carbide - Mobile, AL
* Virginia Chemical - Mobile, AL
* Western Electric - Mobile, AL
* Vanity Fair Mills - Monroeville, AL
* US Gypsum - Montevallo, AL
* Westinghouse Corp. - Montevallo, AL
* Allis Chalmers - Muscle Shoals, AL
* Diamond Shamrock Chemical - Muscle Shoals, AL
* TVA Power Plant - Muscle Shoals, AL
* US Rubber - Opelika, AL
* Avondale Mills - Pell City, AL
* American Can - Pennington, AL
* Pittsburgh Steel - Prattsville, AL
* Goodyear Tire & Rubber - Rockmart, AL
* Goodyear Tire & Rubber - Scottsboro, AL
* Revere Copper - Scottsboro, AL
* Craig AFB - Selma, AL
* Hammerhill Paper - Selma, AL
* Southern Natural Gas - Selma, AL
* Atlas Steel - Sheffield, AL
* Diamond Shamrock - Sheffield, AL
* Ford Motor Company - Sheffield, AL
* Reynolds Aluminum - Sheffield, AL
* TVA Power Plant - Sheffield, AL
* Union Carbide - Sheffield, AL
* Mead Paperboard - Stevenson, AL
* TVA Power Plant - Stevenson, AL (Widows Creek)
* Alabama Binder & Chemical - Tuscaloosa, AL
* BF Goodrich - Tuscaloosa, AL
* Central Foundry - Tuscaloosa, AL
* Central Supply - Tuscaloosa, AL
* Hunt Refining - Tuscaloosa, AL
* Reichold Chemical - Tuscaloosa, AL
* TVA Power Plant - Tuscumbia, AL
* Alabama Power - Wilsonville, AL
* Woodward Iron - Woodward, AL
* Southern Natural Gas - York, AL

Asbestos Related Deaths in Alabama

The federal government started keeping statistics on asbestos-related deaths in 1979 and published a report in the year 2000. Over that time span, 507 people died from asbestosis, and somewhere between 248 and 410 people died from mesothelioma. The spread of figures for mesothelioma assumes that some deaths during that period were due to mesothelioma but went unreported. From 1999 – 2004, there were 192 reported deaths from mesothelioma, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Nationwide, it is assumed that about 3,000 Americans die annually due to mesothelioma.
Alabama Mesothelioma Cancer Treatment

The National Cancer Institute maintains a list of forty one prominent cancer treatment and research centers across the U.S. One of them is in Alabama:

UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Alabama at Birmingham
1802 Sixth Avenue South, NP 2555
Birmingham, Alabama 35294-3300
Director Edward E. Partridge, M.D.

Tel: (205) 934-5077
Fax: (205) 975-7428

Another dedicated facility:

The Montgomery Cancer Center
4145 Carmichael Road
Montgomery, AL 36106
334-273-7000
334-273-2290 Fax

Official Resources

Department of Environmental Management

Department of Conservation & Natural Resources

Department of Public Health

The University of Alabama - Environmental and Industrial Programs

University of Alabama Asbestos Laboratory

Alabama Lung Association


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