Asbestos Atlas — U.S. Shipyard Exposure Map

A citation-verified dataset documenting historical asbestos exposure, employment figures, and epidemiological findings across 37 major U.S. naval and commercial shipyards, 1898–present.

Dataset Overview

The U.S. Shipyard Asbestos Exposure Dataset v1.6 contains 118 verified findings across 37 shipyards with 87 documented asbestos products. The successor release adds only selected, establishment-specific official OSHA inspection and sampling records; those administrative records are not generalized conclusions about individual exposure, dose, causation, product source, or liability.

Every record is sourced to a primary record, including PubMed, NIOSH, EPA, NARA, official OSHA, or court materials. This is a purely academic and journalistic resource for attorneys, journalists, expert witnesses, and researchers investigating occupational asbestos exposure in the American shipbuilding industry.