The U.S. Air Force is an essential element of America’s national security policy and has been for almost 100 years. The service branch has always relied on private industry for the manufacture of its airplanes. Unfortunately, negligence and failure to warn on the part of many of these manufacturers and suppliers led to service members,
The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard has the distinction of having been the first United States Navy shipyard. Known as the birthplace of the U.S. Navy, it played an integral part in the nation’s defense for nearly two centuries. Unfortunately, a significant portion of its operations involved the use of asbestos, the deadly mineral that has been
The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is located on 270 acres in Kittery, Maine, bordering Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Since 1800, the shipyard has shifted from building warships to submarines in addition to the overhaul and repair of surface vessels. Many military and civilian workers at Portsmouth were later diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma and other serious illnesses as
The public is increasingly aware of the link between asbestos and malignant mesothelioma, but that doesn’t make diagnosis any easier. Unless a person displaying symptoms specifically notes their history of exposure to the carcinogen, it is unlikely that their physician will start with the possibility of the extremely rare disease. Still, researchers are developing better
The Sampson Naval Training Station in Seneca County, New York, was initially used by the Navy and later became an Air Force Base. Throughout its years of use by these two military branches, the structures built on the site, as well as the equipment used to heat and insulate those structures, were contaminated with asbestos.
Today, Naval Base San Diego is known as Commander Navy Southwest. The site’s historic use of asbestos from the time it was established through the early 1980s exposed service members and civilians to the risk of mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases. In 2006, the Navy identified numerous locations across the 1,100-acre base where asbestos contamination
Ever since 1767, naval shipyards have been essential to the United States’ seagoing defense. These government-owned and operated facilities exist to ensure effective and timely maintenance of the Navy’s ships to meet required fleet readiness. Between the 1930s and 1980, work on these vessels involved the use of asbestos, exposing millions of people to the
The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center is part of the VA Houston Health Care System in Houston, Texas. It is one of just three VA medical centers in the country that offers specialized mesothelioma treatment for veterans.
Many veterans of America’s military suffered exposure to asbestos during their service and have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, lung cancer, and other asbestos-related diseases. The Veterans Health Administration has several specialized treatment centers that offer comprehensive, state-of-the-art medical treatment for patients with these challenging diseases. VA Provides World-Class Health Care to Veterans The men and
Colgate-Palmolive Company is one of the most powerful consumer products companies in the world. The company grew from a starch, candle, and soap manufacturer to the source of a wide range of household and personal-care products. Some of those products were made with talcum powder, which has been connected to asbestos contamination, ovarian cancer, mesothelioma, and