North Carolina Asbestos Areas

North Carolina Asbestos Areas

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North Carolina’s automated abject during the twentieth aeon was focused added on textiles, tobacco and copse articles than on the abundant adamant and animate based assembly accessories of the northeastern states. The big businesses in North Carolina that acclimated asbestos in their factories are the bolt mills, the ability plants, the cardboard and lurid mills and the casual actinic plant.

Asbestos in its accustomed accompaniment is coarse and flexible. It was acclimated by abounding bolt manufacturers as an aspect of careful clothing. Asbestos is both a accustomed insulator that provides aegis from calefaction and a blaze retardant that resists flame. For that acumen it was acclimated in plan clothes of all kinds. The bolt workers that were amenable for accomplishment that bolt had to actualize accessible aberrant actual from the attenuate asbestos fibers and again braid the cloth.

When asbestos was declared a bloom hazard the bolt mills were larboard with the assignment of charwoman it up or abandoning the building. Abounding took the closing advance and larboard abaft a baneful shell. Burlington Industries has been a actor in abounding asbestos accountability suits.

Asbestos was aswell added to automated apparatus in bolt mills and cardboard plants. It resisted calefaction and provided insulation for apparatus that would get hot during continued runs of automatic looms or cardboard plants. Asbestos aswell provided some aegis in areas area acerb and chancy articles were acclimated in affiliation with accouterment forth the assembly line.

In abounding cardboard mills, the accomplished artefact was laid out to dry on mats that included asbestos fibers. The accomplishment accessories of twentieth aeon North Carolina had a arresting array of apparatus bogus in allotment from asbestos.

Dangers of Asbestos Exposure

The animal crisis from asbestos acknowledgment is the achievability of inhaling the tiny fibers that the mineral gives off. Those fibers plan their way into centralized tissue and eventually can could cause scarring of the lungs or actualize the cancerous beef that advance to mesothelioma cancer. Mesothelioma is abnormal in that its affection can yield up to twenty years or added to arise afterwards an alone is apparent to asbestos.

Asbestos Jobsites in North Carolina

The North Carolina jobsite locations listed beneath are all accepted to accept apparent advisers to asbestos. If you were anytime active at any one of them, altercate the implications of asbestos acknowledgment with him or her and agenda approved checkups. If you accept been diagnosed with mesothelioma caner or some added asbestos accompanying disease, acquaintance an accomplished North Carolina mesothelioma advocate to altercate what advantage is owe you by the asbestos artefact manufacturers and the administration that acclimated those products.

J. P. STEVENS & CO. ABERDEEN NC

RIEGEL PAPER CO ACME NC

ACME-MCCRARY CORP. ASHEBORO NC

PITCHARD ST PLANT ASHEBORO NC

AMERICAN ENKA ASHEVILLE NC

ASHEVILLE STEEL COMPANY INCORPORATED ASHEVILLE NC

CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT ASHEVILLE NC

CHAMPION PAPER COMPANY ASHEVILLE NC

ENKA TEXTILE MILL ASHEVILLE NC

HYATT ELECTRIC COMPANY INCORPORATED ASHEVILLE NC

INKA HIGH SCHOOL ASHEVILLE NC

SKYLAND POWERHOUSE ASHEVILLE NC

SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY ASHEVILLE NC

BROWN & ROOT AURORA NC

TEXAS GULF SULPHUR CO AURORA NC

TEX-GULF AURORA NC

ACME MILLS BELMONT NC

ALLEN POWER PLANT BELMONT NC

DIXON FORD BELMONT NC

DUKE POWER COMPANY - ALLEN POWER PLANT BELMONT NC

HATCH HOSIERY BELMONT NC

STOWE MANUFACTURING BELMONT NC

LITHIUM CORPORATION OF AMERICA BESSEMER CITY NC

APPALACHIAN ELECTRIC POWER CO. BOONE NC

APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY BOONE NC

DUPONT CHEMICAL. BREVARD NC

DUKE POWER CO - CLIFFSIDE POWER PLANT BRICE NC

R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY BROOK COVE NC

BURLINGTON TEXTILE MILL BURLINGTON NC

WESTERN ELECTRIC CO. BURLINGTON NC

CAMP LEJEUNE CAMP LEJEUNE NC

U.S. MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE NC

BASF CHEMICAL PLANT CANDLER NC

CHAMPION PAPER MILL CANTON NC

ENKA PLANT CANTON NC

CAPE FEAR CONSTR CAPE FEAR NC

DIAMOND SHAMROCK CHEMICAL PLANT CASTLE HAYNE NC

IDEAL CEMENT CASTLE HAYNE NC

DUKE POWER CO - MARSHALL PLANT CATAWBA NC

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL NC

BUZZARDS ROOST POWER PLANT CHAPPELL NC

WESTERN ELECTRIC CO. CHARLESTON NC

AIRPORT - DOUGLAS TERMINAL CHARLOTTE NC

AIRWOOD INDUST PARK - SOUTHERN RAILROAD CHARLOTTE NC

AKERS MOTOR LINES CHARLOTTE NC

AMERICAN CYANAMID CHARLOTTE NC

APPLIED INSULATION CO. CHARLOTTE NC

ARROWOOD INDUSTRIAL PARK CHARLOTTE NC

ARTS BLDG JOB CHARLOTTE NC

BARHARDT MANUFACTURING CHARLOTTE NC

BASF PLANT CHARLOTTE NC

BELL TELEPHONE BLDG CHARLOTTE NC

CELANESE CORPORATION CHARLOTTE NC

CHARLOTTE DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CHARLOTTE NC

CHARLOTTE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CHARLOTTE NC

CHARLOTTE TOWN MALL CHARLOTTE NC

CULLOWEE COLLEGE CHARLOTTE NC

CUTTOR BUILDING CHARLOTTE NC

D. & B. INSULATION COMPANY, INC. CHARLOTTE NC

DAVIDSON COLLEGE CHARLOTTE NC

DUKE POWER COMPANY - MOUNT HOLLY PLANT CHARLOTTE NC

DUKE POWER COMPANY BLDG CHARLOTTE NC

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK CHARLOTTE NC

GENERAL TIRE CHARLOTTE NC

GUY M. BEATTY & CO. CHARLOTTE NC

H K PORTER - THERMOID DIVISION CHARLOTTE NC

HAWTHORNE MEDICAL CENTER CHARLOTTE NC

IREDELL COUNTY SCHOOLS CHARLOTTE NC

LANCE SNACK FOODS PLANT CHARLOTTE NC

MERCY HOSPITAL CHARLOTTE NC

MERITA BAKERY CHARLOTTE NC

OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORP. CHARLOTTE NC

PIPE & BOILER INSULATION, INC. CHARLOTTE NC

PORTER-HAYDEN COMPANY CHARLOTTE NC

PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL CHARLOTTE NC

R. H. BOULIGNY, INC. CHARLOTTE NC

RIVERBEND POWER PLANT CHARLOTTE NC

SOUTHEASTERN MAGNESIUM & ASBESTOS CO., INC. CHARLOTTE NC

SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY CHARLOTTE NC

SOUTHERN RAILROAD - ARROWWOOD CHARLOTTE NC

STARR DAVIS COMPANY, INC. CHARLOTTE NC

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE NC

WACHOVIA BANK CHARLOTTE NC

WESTERN NC VOCATIONAL SCHOOL CHARLOTTE NC

WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CHARLOTTE NC

YMCA CHARLOTTE NC

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT NC

U. S. MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT NC

CHINA GROVE COTTON MILLS CHINA GROVE NC

CONE MILLS CLIFFSIDE NC

DUKE POWER COMPANY - CLIFFSIDE POWER PLANT CLIFFSIDE NC

LUNDY PACKING PLANT CLINTON NC

FARMERS CHEMICAL ASSOCIATION, INC. COFIELD NC

CABAROUS HOSPITAL CONCORD NC

CANNON MILLS COMPANY CONCORD NC

KERR BLEACHERY CONCORD NC

BROYHILL FURNITURE CONOVER NC

AMERICAN TIMBER PRODS CO - AMPAC DIVISION CONWAY NC

ERWIN MILLS COOLEEMEE NC

BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC. CRAMERTON NC

CRAMERTON FINISHING PLANT CRAMERTON NC

MAYFLOWER PLANT CRAMERTON NC

WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY CULLAWEE NC

DAVIDSON COLLEGE DAVIDSON NC

DUPONT CHEMICAL. DUART NC

BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC. DURHAM NC

DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM NC

ERWIN MILLS DURHAM NC

GOLDEN BELT MANUFACTURING CO. DURHAM NC

GOODWIN AND PATTERSON CO. DURHAM NC

SOUTHERN TICKET OFFICE SIDING DURHAM NC

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL DURHAM NC

WATERWORK SIDING DURHAM NC

WILSON CITY HOSPITAL DURHAM NC

WYATT INSULATION, INC. DURHAM NC

FIBER INDUSTRIES EARL NC

CANNON TEXTILE MILL EDEN NC

DUKE POWER COMPANY - DAN RIVER POWER PLANT EDEN NC

ENKA TEXTILE MILL ENKA NC

COLLINS & AIKMAN CORPORATION FARMVILLE NC

BURLINGTON TEXTILE MILL FAYETTE NC

KELLY SPRINGFIELD TIRE FAYETTE NC

METHODIST COLLEGE FAYETTE NC

NYLON INDUSTRIES FIBERTON NC

BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC. FOREST CITY NC

J. C. BOWAN PLANT FOREST CITY NC

FORT BRAGG FORT BRAGG NC

US ARMY BASE FORT BRAGG NC

ASHEBROOK HIGH SCHOOL GASTONIA NC

CLAIRE DUNNING - ARMSTRONG TEXTILE GASTONIA NC

GASTON COUNTY HOSPITAL GASTONIA NC

GASTON COUNTY JAIL GASTONIA NC

PARKDALE MILLS GASTONIA NC

THREADS INC GASTONIA NC

US POSTAL SERVICE GASTONIA NC

DUKE POWER COMPANY - LEE POWER PLANT GOLDSBORO NC

WAYNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL GOLDSBORO NC

KINGSTON PLANT GRAINGERS NC

AMBROSE INSULATION COMPANY GREENSBORO NC

AMERICAN ENKA GREENSBORO NC

BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC. GREENSBORO NC

CHAMPION PAPER CO GREENSBORO NC

CHARLES PFIZER & CO GREENSBORO NC

COVIL INSULATION COMPANY GREENSBORO NC

COVIL SALES INC - AMERICAN ENKA JOB GREENSBORO NC

DUKE HOSPITAL GREENSBORO NC

ENGLISH ST SIDING GREENSBORO NC

INDUSTRIAL INSULATION CO. GREENSBORO NC

NYLON INDUSTRIES INC GREENSBORO NC

PFIZER & CO., INC. GREENSBORO NC

SKYLAND POWER GREENSBORO NC

SOUTHERN RAILROAD SIDING - ENGLISH ST SIDING GREENSBORO NC

STARR DAVIS COMPANY, INC. GREENSBORO NC

WEYERHAUSER GREENSBORO NC

GLAXO WELLCOME, INC. GREENVILLE NC

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT HAVELOCK NC

CONE MILLS CORP - GRANITE FINISHING PLANT HAW RIVER NC

CONE MILLS CORP - TABARDRE PLANT HAW RIVER NC

CONE MILLS CORPORATION HAW RIVER NC

BERKLEY MILLS HENDERSON NC

US STEEL - GREEN RIVER BRIDGE HENDERSON NC

WATER TREATMENT PLANT HENDERSON NC

GENERAL ELECTRIC HENDERSONVILLE NC

HICKORY MANUFACTURING HICKORY NC

SOUTHERN DESK CO. HICKORY NC

DUKE POWER COMPANY - MCGUIRE POWER PLANT HUNTERSVILLE NC

MCGUIRE POWER STATION HUNTERSVILLE NC

CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO - ROXBORO PLANT HYCO NC

JACKSONVILLE PLYWOOD MILL JACKSONVILLE NC

WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY JACKSONVILLE NC

CANNON MILLS CO KANNAPOLIS NC

FIELDCREST CANNON KANNAPOLIS NC

FOOT MINE KINGS MOUNTAIN NC

CASEWELL CENTER KINSTON NC

DUPONT KINSTON NC

REA MAGNET WIRE COMPANY, INC. LAURINBURG NC

CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT LELAND NC

BARHARDT FURNITURE PLANT LENOIR NC

BROYHILL FURNITURE LENOIR NC

CALDWELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL LENOIR NC

DOVER INSULATION CO. LENOIR NC

PPG INDUSTRIES LEXINGTON NC

LINCOLN COUNTY HOSPITAL LINCOLNTON NC

CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT LUMBERTON NC

ROBESON SALES CORPORATION LUMBERTON NC

SWANNS CREEK SCHOOL LUMBERTON NC

WEATHERSPOON POWER PLANT LUMBERTON NC

PINE HALL BRICK AND PIPE COMPANY MADISON NC

MARION MANUFACTURING MARION NC

UNARCO MARSHVILLE NC

REXHAN PAPER COMPANY MATTHEWS NC

MCGIRTS PLUMBING & ELECTRIC SERVICE MAXTON NC

PHARR YARNS MCADENVILLE NC

PHARR YARNS, INC. MCADENVILLE NC

HERITAGE FURNITURE CO., INC. MOCKSVILLE NC

INGERSOLL-RAND MOCKSVILLE NC

CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO MONCURE NC

WEYERHAUSER PAPER MILL MONCURE NC

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH MONROE NC

BURLINGTON MILL MOORESVILLE NC

TEMPLON SPINNING MILL MOORESVILLE NC

GREAT LAKES CARBON BLACK CO MORGANTON NC

HENDERSON FURNITURE CO MORGANTON NC

GRACE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MORGANTOWN NC

BRISTOL MYERS MORRISVILLE NC

SANDAZ CHEMICAL MOUNT HOLLY NC

DUKE POWER CO - RIVERBEND STEAM PLANT MT. HOLLY NC

GASTON COUNTY DYEING MACHINE MT. HOLLY NC

SOUTHERN DYE MT. HOLLY NC

WEYERHAUSER CO. NEW BERN NC

SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT NEW HILL NC

HOWARD WALLS BUILDING SUPPLY NORTH BELMONT NC

MCGURE POWER PLANT NULL

MISSILE PLANT PARIS ISLAND NC

ECUSTA PAPER CORPORATION PISGAH FOREST NC

OLIN MATHIESON CHEMICAL CORP. PISGAH FOREST NC

PAPER DIVISION PLYMOUTH NC

WEYERHAUSER CO. PLYMOUTH NC

WEYERHAUSER CO. - PLYMOUTH MILL SIDING PLYMOUTH NC

N C STATE COLLEGE RALEIGH NC

NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY RALEIGH NC

RALSTON PURINA RALEIGH NC

STANDARD INSULATION COMPANY OF NC, INC. RALEIGH NC

REX MILLS RANLO NC

FEDERAL PAPERBOARD RIEGELWOOD NC

INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO. RIEGELWOOD NC

RIEGEL PAPER CO - NELSON CO. RIEGELWOOD NC

CHAMPION PAPER MILL ROANOKE RAPIDS NC

HALIFAX PAPER COMPANY ROANOKE RAPIDS NC

INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO. ROANOKE RAPIDS NC

PHOENIX FIBERS, INC. ROCKY MOUNT NC

SUPERGLAS RIDER E ROCKY MOUNT NC

CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT ROXBORO NC

CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT - HYCO STATION ROXBORO NC

RUTHERFORD CO. RUTHERFORDTON NC

RUTHERFORD HOSPITAL RUTHERFORDTON NC

BUCK POWER PLANT SALISBURY NC

CANNON TEXTILE MILL SALISBURY NC

NORTH CAROLINA FINISHING COMPANY SALISBURY NC

PIEDMONT INSULATION, INC. SALISBURY NC

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL SALISBURY NC

CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT SANFORD NC

CELANESE FIBER PLANT SHELBY NC

FIBER INDUSTRIES SHELBY NC

PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS CO - FIBERGLAS DIVISION SHELBY NC

PPG INDUSTRIES SHELBY NC

CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT SKYLAND NC

CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO - SKYLAND PLANT SKYLAND NC

BURLINGTON TEXTILE MILL SMITHFIELD NC

CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT SOUTH PORT NC

DUKE POWER COMPANY - BUCK POWER PLANT SPENCER NC

SOUTHERN RAILROAD SPENCER NC

ELMORE CORP. TEXTILE MILL SPINDALE NC

SPINDALE MILLS SPINDALE NC

COWANS FORD PLANT STANLEY NC

DUKE POWER COMPANY - COWANS FORD PLANT STANLEY NC

GASTON COUNTY DYEING MACHINE CO STANLEY NC

J P STEVENS COMPANY STANLEY NC

INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO STATESVILLE NC

MEAD PAPER MILL SYLVA NC

ANACONDA WIRE & CABLE CO. TARBORO NC

CARATELL PAPER BOARD CORP TAYLORS NC

DUKE POWER COMPANY - MARSHALL POWER PLANT TERRELL NC

FARMERS CHEMICAL PLANT TUNIS NC

POTTER-SHACKELFORD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY WAGRAM NC

RICHMOND MILL WAGRAM NC

SCOTLAND MILL WAGRAM NC

SPRING COTTON MILLS WAGRAM NC

SPRINGS INDUSTRIES, INC. WAGRAM NC

SOUTHERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY WAKE FOREST NC

BELEWS CREEK POWER PLANT WALNUT GROVE NC

CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT - PHARR SHOALS WAYNESBORO NC

DAYCO PRODUCTS WAYNESVILLE NC

C. E. THURSTON & SONS, INC. WEEKSVILLE NC

AMBROSE INSULATION CO WEST CHARLOTTE NC

PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS CO WEST SHELBY NC

PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS CO - FIBERGLAS DIV WEST SHELBY NC

WEYERHAUSER PAPER MILL WEYCO NC

ALLIED CHEMICAL WILMINGTON NC

BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY WILMINGTON NC

CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT SUTTON POWER PLANT WILMINGTON NC

CHEVRON ASPHALT COMPANY WILMINGTON NC

DUPONT CHEMICAL. CAPE FEAR PLANT WILMINGTON NC

GENERAL ELECTRIC WILMINGTON NC

HERCULES, INC. WILMINGTON NC

LIBERTY SHIP WILMINGTON NC

LONGLEY SUPPLY COMPANY WILMINGTON NC

MILL AND CONTRACTORS SUPPLY COMPANY WILMINGTON NC

NORTH CAROLINA SHIPBUILDING & DRYDOCK WILMINGTON NC

SWIFT & CO. WILMINGTON NC

TEXTILE FIBERS DEPARTMENT - CAPE FEAR PLANT WILMINGTON NC

WILMINGTON CHEMICAL TERMINAL, INC. WILMINGTON NC

WILMINGTON CHEMICAL TERMINALS, INC. WILMINGTON NC

WILMINGTON TERMINAL WILMINGTON NC

COVIL INSULATION COMPANY WILSON NC

MERCK SHARPE & DOHME PHARMACEUTICALS WILSON NC

RALSTON PURINA CO WILSON NC

HANES DYE & FINISHING CO WINSTON SALEM NC

HANES HOSIERY WINSTON SALEM NC

R J REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. WINSTON SALEM NC

SCHLITZ BREWERY WINSTON SALEM NC

WESTERN ELECTRIC CO. WINSTON SALEM NC

BAILEY POWER PLANT WINSTON-SALEM NC

WINSTON-SALEM STATE COLLEGE WINSTON-SALEM NC

SALINE WATER CONVERSION PLANT WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH NC

Mesothelioma Deaths & Asbestosis in North Carolina

In 2004 a accessible absorption accumulation appear a abstraction of the asbestos accompanying deaths in the United States during the aeon from 1979 to 2000. The abstraction had bound admission to application annal of the humans whose deaths they tallied, but there is a absolute alternation amid heavily automated states and deaths from asbestosis and mesothelioma. In North Carolina over the aeon that was advised there were 503 deaths attributed to asbestosis. The mesothelioma deaths in North Carolina were estimated to be amid 534 and 917. Some instances of afterlife due to pleural mesothelioma were apparently recorded as due to added accustomed lung cancer.

In 1999 the federal government began tracking mesothelioma deaths to actuate if they were ascent or falling on an anniversary basis. During the aeon amid 1999 and the end of 2004 there were 325 deaths in North Carolina attributed to mesothelioma.

Cancer Affliction in North Carolina

North Carolina has three federally accustomed absolute blight centers committed to both analysis and medical care. There are forty-one such appointed accessories in the country.

UNC Lineberger Absolute Blight Center

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

102 Mason Farm Rd.,

Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7295

Tel: (919) 966-3036

Fax: (919) 966-3015

Duke Absolute Blight Center

Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina 27710

Tel: (919) 684-5613

Fax: (919) 684-5653

Wake Forest Absolute Blight Center

Wake Forest University

Medical Center Boulevard

Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1082

Tel: (336) 716-7971

Fax: (336) 716-0293




North Carolina Asbestos Areas