Navy Yard Workers Risk Developing Asbestos Diseases: Mesothelioma, Lung Cancer and Asbestosis 

If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with an asbestos-disease that resulted from exposure at the Brooklyn Navy Yard or any other Navy shipyard, contact us for a free review of your case.  You may also obtain a free copy of our asbestos sourcebook by clicking here.

Throughout the 20th century, tens of thousands of men and women worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and other shipyards throughout the U.S.  Whether those workers built ships, did repair work on the ships, worked in the construction industry or did repairs at one of the Brooklyn Navy Yard buildings, a building on or near another shipyard, or even those who worked in the offices at a shipyard, they all shared a silent risk:  exposure to asbestos, a dangerous substance known to cause serious diseases.

Those who worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard until its closure in the 1960s were still at almost daily risk to inhale asbestos dusts.  Unlike other irritants we breathe in every day, asbestos dust cannot be expelled by coughing, sneezing or blowing one's nose.  Instead, microscopic asbestos dusts remain in the lungs, where they cause changes in healthy lung tissue many decades later (known as the "latency period"). 

If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with an asbestos disease, you need to seek the advice of an asbestos law firm with decades of experience in helping asbestos clients receive compensation for their illnesses. 

Four specific diseases have been directly linked to asbestos exposure:

Mesothelioma: A rare cancer of the thin membranes lining the thoracic and abdominal cavities and surrounding internal organs (including the gastro-intestinal tract). Virtually all cases of mesothelioma are linked with asbestos exposure.  

Lung Cancer: The most common type of cancer, found in individuals who have sustained prolonged exposure to asbestos. Lung cancer, asbestos related or otherwise, develops through the surrounding tissue, invading and often obstructing air passages. There is a multiplying effect between smoking and asbestos exposure, which creates an extreme susceptibility to lung cancer.

Asbestosis: A serious, chronic, non-cancerous fibrous hardening and scarring of the lungs. This scarring can cause lung impairment and heart disease. In advanced stages, asbestosis may cause cardiac failure.

Pleural Plaque/Thickening:  The lining of the lung becomes scarred, indicating that an individual has had lung damage sufficient to be at risk for more serious complications.  The condition is not cancerous, but it does impair normal lung function, and causes restrictions in normal breathing capacity (which causes shortness of breath).

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