The health risks associated with asbestos exposure are particularly dangerous for Navy veterans, who have traditionally worked closely with asbestos-containing ...

Due to the almost ubiquitous presence of asbestos-containing materials on board ships and at shipyards, veterans of the United States Navy have an incredibly high ...

Due to its fire- and corrosion-proof qualities and insulating abilities, asbestos was used in Navy ships for decades. Between the 1920's and 1970's, the U.S. Navy ...

Of all US veterans, Navy veterans who served on ships built between the 1940s and 1970s were perhaps the most likely to suffer asbestos exposure.

Asbestos-containing materials known to cause the asbestos cancer mesothelioma were widely used on board Navy ships, and in Navy shipyards and other military ...

U.S. Navy Veterans - Mesothelioma and Asbestos Exposure Risks ... Worse, even today, after all the asbestos-caused deaths, some Navy ships still have ...