Current Regulatory Briefing

Read the primary-source EPA, OSHA, Fifth Circuit, and congressional asbestos timeline, last verified September 5, 2026.

Key Statistics

37 U.S. shipyards documented. 118 evidence findings. 87 asbestos products identified. Over 1.3 million workers employed at documented yards during peak operations.

Citation

Danziger, P., and De Llano, R. (2026). U.S. Shipyard Asbestos Exposure Dataset v1.6 [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22313866

What This Dataset Is

A neutral, citation-verified public-interest dataset documenting historical asbestos exposure across major U.S. naval and commercial shipyards from 1898 to present. Every record is independently sourced to peer-reviewed literature, government reports, archival records, or court records.