Georgia
Georgia is a virtual hotbed for asbestos activity and one of the more troublesome areas in all of the U.S. This is due in large part to the vast amounts of natural locations that asbestos can be found. On top of the risks associated with nature this State is also known for a multitude of asbestos related industries.
Natural Asbestos in Georgia
The Appalachian Mountain Range is the primary culprit for the high levels of naturally occurring asbestos in this State. Being one of the oldest ranges in the world the Appalachians have eroded over millions of years thus bringing more asbestos to the mountains surface. This mountain range starting in Alabama crosses the northwestern part of Georgia before heading further north and extending all the way up to Maine and the southern parts of Nova Scotia.
The Company / Industrial Side
On the industrial side of the coin Georgia, as one of the oldest States, played host to a varying degree of asbestos related companies. Most of the risks for tradesmen came from being employed at a power plant and Georgia had no shortage of these. The Georgia-Pacific Company, whose roots began in Atlanta, was known for using a dangerously high amount of asbestos contaminated materials in its production of paper. The company to combat these misgivings has set up a trust fund for the sole purpose of covering liabilities associated with mesothelioma and asbestos related disease.
Deaths in Georgia
Georgia has had a staggeringly high number of fatalities related to asbestos cancer most of which were diagnosed as mesothelioma. Over five hundred deaths have been reported in the last twenty years almost double that of its neighbor to the south (Florida).
Work sites known for Asbestos Exposure
Below is a comprehensive list of companies, operating in Kansas, that have had known cases of Pleural Mesothelioma, Peritoneal Mesothelioma, Pericardial Mesothelioma, or Testicular Mesothelioma. Workers who were employed at any of these companies may have been subjected to life threatening levels of Asbestos.
Companies in alphabetical order:
- Acands, Inc.
- Alcan Cable Company
- American Industrial Clays Company
- American Mineral Spirits
- American Service Company
- American Woolen Company, Inc.
- Arnold Brick Company
- Artizans, Inc.
- Atlanta Army Depot
- F. Goodrich
- Babcock & Wilcox Company
- Basf Wyandottte
- Bleachery Div.
- Bonnell Williams & Company Inc.
- Builders Supply Company
- Burgess Pigment Company
- Burlington Industries, Inc.
- Callaway Mills
- Cargill, Incorporated
- Carling Brewing Company
- Carpenters Plumbing Company
- Casco Mechanical Contractors
- Cedar Springs Paper Mill
- Cedartown Cotton Manufacturing Company
- Central Cable
- Champion Paper & Fiber Company
- Chattahoochee Plywood
- Cherokee Iron Works
- Chicopee Manufacturing Company
- Coats & Clark, Inc.
- Coffee County Creamery
- Coffee County General Hospital
- Coronet Industries
- Crown Cotton Mills
- Cyprus Industrial Minerals
- Davco Division Water & Waste Manufacturing Company
- Deering Milliken, Inc.
- Dixie Belle Mills Inc.
- Durango Georgia Paper
- Echeta Cotton Mills
- Economy Mechanical Industrial
- Edwin Hatch Nuclear Plant
- Engineered Fabrics
- Filtered Rosin Products
- Filtered Rosin Products Inc.
- Foote & Davies
- Ford Motor Company
- Fort Benning Powerhouse
- Fort Stewart
- Gainesville Cotton Mills
- General Motors
- Georgia Kraft Company
- Georgia Pacific Paper Mill
- Georgia Power Company
- Georgia Railroad Shops
- Georgia State Highway Department
- Georgia State Women’s College
- Gilman Paper
- Gilman Paper Company
- Gold Kist Peanut Growers
- Goodyear Clearwater Mills
- Goodyear Tire and Rubber
- Great Northern Paper Company
- Great Southern Land & Paper Company
- Guthrie Machine Works Inc.
- Hapeville Team Track
- Hatch Power Plant
- Hawkins Plumbing, Inc.
- Hormel Company
- Industrial Equipment Company of Thomasville
- Industrial Boiler Company Inc.
- Interstate Container Company
- Interstate Paper Corporation
- ITT Rayonier, Inc.
- J I Newton
- Jesup Pulp Mill
- John’s Roofing & Sheet Metal Company, Inc.
- Johnson Hardware Company
- JP Stevens
- Kelley Hill Barracks
- Knit-Tex Corporation
- Knox Glass Plant
- L B Foster Company
- LaGrange Packing Company
- Langdale Company
- Marquette Cement Manufacturing. Company
- Milliken and Company
- Minerals & Chemical Corporation of America
- Moultrie Manufacturing Company
- Municipal Airport
- National Biscuit Company (Nabisco)
- National Container Corporation
- North Brothers, Inc.
- Owen-Osborn Plant
- Owens Illinois Glass Company
- Owens-Corning Fiberglas
- Owens-Illinois Glass Company
- Pacolet Manufacturing Company
- Paragon Mills
- Parkaire Mall
- Pepperell Manufacturing Company
- Phillip Corp
- Plant Arkwright
- Plant Yates Powerhouse
- Rabun Apparel, Inc.
- Rabun Mills Division
- Riceboro Paper Mill
- Robins Air Force Base
- Rock City Corrugated, Incorporated
- Rockwell Manufacturing Company
- Sanitary Plumbing & Heating Company
- Sargent Builders Specialties
- Scherer Power Plant
- Sears Fashion Pool
- South Georgia College
- South Georgia Ice Company
- Southern Cotton Oil Company
- Southern States Portland Cement Company
- Southern Team Track
- Regis
- Swainsboro Printing & Finishing Company
- Swainsboro Supply Company
- Swift & Company
- Synthetic Latex Bulk Storage Plant
- T C. Crenshaw
- J.K. Corporation
- Texture Tex
- Texture Tex Plant
- Thiele Kaolin Company
- Thomaston Bleachery
- Thomaston Cotton Mills
- Thomaston Mills
- Thompson Industries
- Tifton Aluminum
- Tifton Cotton Mills
- Toccoa Cotton Mills
- Toccoa Foundry
- Troup Ice Company
- Tucker Aluminum Products
- Turner Murphy Company
- S. War Department
- United States Army Corps of Engineers
- United States Finishing Company
- A. Domiciliary
- Venture Carpets
- Warner Robins Air Force Base
- Water and Light Department
- Western Electric
- Western Electric Company, Inc.
- William Wrigley Jr. Plant
- Young Refining
Mesothelioma Cancer Centers
If you have worked at or are currently employed at any of these companies and suspect you may have been subjected to unsafe amounts of asbestos and we are here to help!
We have compiled a list of what we believe to be The Top Ten Mesothelioma Cancer Centers across the country.
Heritage Plaza Medical Building
University of Kansas Cancer Center
Westwood Medical Pavilion
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