[CPEO-MEF] ASBESTOS: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (ME)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Shipyard workers, Navy veterans may have been exposed to asbestos

By Kimberley Haas 
Manchester Union Leader (NH)
December 3, 2019

KITTERY, Maine -- A doctor who treats people with mesothelioma says anyone who worked at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard or was in the Navy prior to 1975 may have been exposed to asbestos.

“All the ships were full of asbestos because it is a great fire retardant. There’s a huge concern about fires on ships, so they threw asbestos on everything,” Dr. Christian Thomas said.

Thomas is a medical oncologist and director of clinical research at New England Cancer Specialists in Scarborough, Maine. He has patients from the New Hampshire Seacoast who travel to his office for treatment.

Occasionally, Thomas will see a patient who has been exposed to asbestos because the patient's parents worked at the shipyard or in construction and came home with the fibers on their clothing.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.unionleader.com/news/health/shipyard-workers-navy-veterans-may-have-been-exposed-to-asbestos/article_f4884828-a162-593c-8206-5ca8e2655dda.html

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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