Mesothelioma resources by state

State guides

• California: Coalinga's asbestos mine, three vermiculite plants, CCP 340.2, and 8 NCI centers.
• Connecticut: NIOSH's Electric Boat painters study, 2-year deadlines, 52-577c, and Yale Cancer Center.
• Florida: Tampa vermiculite plants, the 2023 deadline change, Chapter 774, and 3 NCI centers.
• Georgia: The coastal Georgia WWII shipyard study, 2-year deadlines, and Winship Cancer Institute.
• Illinois: Johns Manville in Waukegan, West Chicago vermiculite, 2-year deadlines, and 3 NCI centers.
• Louisiana: New Orleans vermiculite plant, the 2024 deadline change, and nearby cancer centers.
• Maine: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Bath Iron Works, a 6-year injury deadline, and VA Maine.
• Maryland: The Beltsville vermiculite plant, the 3-904(g) occupational disease rule, and 2 NCI centers.
• Massachusetts: The Easthampton vermiculite plant, 3-year deadlines, and Dana-Farber/Harvard.
• Michigan: The Dearborn vermiculite plant, 3-year deadlines, Karmanos and Rogel.
• Minnesota: Iron Range mesothelioma studies, the Minneapolis vermiculite plant, and a 6-year injury deadline.
• Missouri: The St. Louis vermiculite plant, a 5-year injury deadline, and Siteman Cancer Center.
• Montana: Libby's vermiculite mine, EPA's first Superfund health emergency, and 3-year deadlines.
• New Jersey: Hamilton Township and Edgewater plants, the Millington Asbestos Dump, and 2-year deadlines.
• New York: Weedsport vermiculite plant, WTC Health Program coverage, CPLR 214-c, and 7 NCI centers.
• Ohio: Marysville vermiculite plant, the 2305.10(B)(5) asbestos rule, and 2 NCI centers.
• Pennsylvania: Ambler asbestos piles, two vermiculite plants, 42 Pa.C.S. 5524(8), and 4 NCI centers.
• Rhode Island: The Davisville Navy landfill Superfund site, 3-year deadlines, and VA Providence.
• South Carolina: Charleston textile plant and Navy yard, Savannah River Site, 3-year deadlines, Hollings.
• Texas: Dallas vermiculite plant, the 16.0031 asbestos rule, MD Anderson and 3 other NCI centers.
• Virginia: Tidewater shipyard studies, Newport News records, the 8.01-249(4) rule, and 2 NCI centers.
• Washington: The Spokane vermiculite plant, 3-year deadlines, and Fred Hutch in Seattle.

Each guide covers documented exposure sites, the state's filing deadlines with links to the statutes, NCI-designated cancer centers, VA health care systems, and the state's workers' compensation agency. We add states one at a time so each page is researched from official records rather than filled in from a template.

How we choose what to list

We name a workplace or site only when a government agency or published research documents asbestos there, and we cite that record. Many other workplaces used asbestos-containing insulation, gaskets, and equipment, so a site's absence here does not mean it was safe. If you know of a documented site we should add, use our contact form and include the source.

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NCI counts include clinical and comprehensive cancer centers that see patients, as listed on our treatment centers page. For VA care in any state, use VA's facility locator.