Project Purpose

Asbestos Atlas is a purely academic and journalistic resource documenting historical asbestos exposure at U.S. shipyards. It is designed to be citable by attorneys, journalists, expert witnesses, and researchers investigating occupational disease in the American shipbuilding industry.

Sponsorship Disclosure

This project is sponsored by Danziger & De Llano, LLP, a national mesothelioma law firm. The sponsor has no editorial control over dataset content, evidence classification, or source selection. All findings are independently verified against primary sources.

Editorial Independence

No advertising, banner ads, calls to action, or lead capture forms appear on this site. The dataset exists solely to document and preserve the historical record of occupational asbestos exposure in U.S. shipyards.