Asbestos Exposure Sites in Florida
Our records contain 123 asbestos exposure sites in Florida, though there are certainly more that have not been reported.
Asbestos in Florida
For decades, Florida buildings and products have used asbestos. Because of this, many Florida residents have been exposed to asbestos and are at risk for contracting mesothelioma cancer.
The symptoms of mesothelioma often take decades to appear, so Florida workers are at risk even if they were exposed to asbestos decades ago. Examples of Florida asbestos exposure sites include:
- Florida factories
- Powerplants in Florida
- Refineries or Chemical Plants in Florida
Below is a list of 123 known sites of asbestos exposure in Florida. Asbestos exposure is known to have occurred in at least 61 Florida cities, though the number is likely even higher.
The Florida city with the most asbestos exposure sites was Jacksonville, FL, with 13 known sites contaminated by asbestos.
If you know of another Florida asbestos site, please contact us so that we can update our records.
| Site Name | City |
| A.W. Higgins Power Plant | Oldsmar |
| Air Products Fertilizer & Chemical Plant, fka Escambia Chemical Plant | Pace |
| Alton Box Plant | Jacksonville |
| Amerada Hess Oil Refinery | Jay |
| American Container Paper Mill | Fernandina Beach |
| American Mica Products | Hialeah |
| Anclote Power Plant | Tarpon Springs |
| Anclote Power Plant | Holiday |
| Anheuser-Busch Brewery | Jacksonville |
| Arizona Chemical Corp. Headquarters Building | Jacksonville |
| Arizona Chemical Plant | Pensacola |
| Arizona Chemical Plant | Port Saint Joe |
| Armour Chemical Plant | Bartow |
| Avon Park Power Plant | Avon Park |
| Bellinger Shipyard | Jacksonville |
| BF Goodrich | Miami |
| Big Bend Power Plant | Apollo Beach |
| Buckeye Cellulose Corp Paper Mill | Foley |
| Cape Canaveral Kennedy Space Center | Cape Canaveral |
| Champion Paper Mill | Pensacola |
| Chemstrand Manufacturing Plant | Gonzales |
| Chemstrand Nylon Plant | Pensacola |
| Chevron Oil Refinery | Pascagoula |
| Crystal River Power Plant | Crystal River |
| Dade Shipyard | Miami |
| Debary Power Plant | Debary |
| Disney World | Orlando |
| Disneyland | Anaheim |
| Eglin Air Force Base | Fort Walton Beach |
| Egling Air Force Base | Pensacola |
| Exxon Oil Refinery | Jay |
| Florida Crushed Stone Cement Plant | Brooksville |
| Florida Power & Light (FPL) Fort Lauderdale Power Plant | Fort Lauderdale |
| Florida Power Plant | Live Oak |
| Fort Myers Power Plant | Fort Myers |
| Gannon Power Plant, aka H.L. Culbreath Power Plant | Tampa |
| Gator Power Plant | Gainesville |
| George E. Turner Power Plant | Deltona |
| Georgia Pacific Plywood Plant | Cross City |
| Gibbs Shipyard | Jacksonville |
| Good Samaritan Hospital | West Palm Beach |
| Gulf Power Co. Crist Power Plant | Pensacola |
| Gulf Steamship Lines | Tampa |
| Hillsborough County Courthouse | Tampa |
| Homestead Air Force Base | Homestead |
| Hookers Point Power Plant | Tampa |
| Hudson Pulp & Paper Co. | Palatka |
| Inglis Power Plant | Inglis |
| International Paper Company | Panama City |
| International Paper Mill | Panama City |
| International Paper/St. Regis/Champion Paper Mill | Pensacola |
| Jacksonville Shipyard | Jacksonville |
| Lake Worth Powerplant | Lake Worth |
| Lakeland Hospital | Lakeland |
| Lakeland Power Plant | Lakeland |
| Martin Power Plant | Indiantown |
| Maxwell House Plant | Jacksonville |
| Mayport Naval Shipyard | Mayport |
| Miami International Airport | Miami |
| Miami Naval Shipyard | Miami |
| Monsanto Chemical | Pensacola |
| Monsanto Nylon Fiber Plant, fka Chemstand | Pensacola |
| Naval Air Station (NAS) | Pensacola |
| Naval Air Station (NAS) - Whiting Field | Milton |
| Naval Shipyard | Key West |
| Newport Chemical Plant | Pensacola |
| Nitram Chemical Plant | Tampa |
| Northside Generating Station | Jacksonville |
| Nuclear Power-Foster Wheeler | Panama City |
| Occidental Chemical Plant | White Springs |
| Occidental Phosphate Mine | White Springs |
| Orlando Utilities Power Plant | Orlando |
| Patrick Air Force Base | Cocoa Beach |
| Paul Bartow Power Plant | St. Petersburg |
| Pensacola Naval Shipyard | Pensacola |
| Peter O’Knight PowerPlant | Tampa |
| Phosphate Chemical Plant | Plant City |
| Port Everglades Power Plant | Port Everglades |
| Portland Cement Building | Tampa |
| Pratt & Whitney Aerospace Plant | West Palm Beach |
| Rayonier Paper Mill | Fernandina Beach |
| Riviera Beach Power Plant | Riviera Beach |
| San Carlos Hotel | Pensacola |
| Sky Host Imm | Destin |
| Smurfit-Stone Container Pulp and Paper Mill | Panama City |
| St Joe Paper | St. Joe |
| St Regis Papermill | Jacksonville |
| St. Francis Hospital | Miami |
| St. Marks Power Plant | St. Marks |
| St. Regis aka Champion aka International Paper Paper Mill | Cantonment |
| St. Regis Paper Company | Pensacola |
| St. Regis Paper Mill | Port Saint Joe |
| State Hospital | Chattahoochee |
| Steam Turbine Unit | Jacksonville |
| Suwanee Plywood Plant | Greenville |
| Suwannee River Power Plant | Live Oak |
| Tallahassee Memorial Hospital | Tallahassee |
| Tampa Bay Shipbuilding, formerly Tampa Shipyards | Tampa |
| Tampa Terrace Hotel | Tampa Bay |
| Texaco Station | Tampa Bay |
| Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant | Florida City |
| Turner Power Plant | Sanford |
| Tyndall AFB | Panama City |
| Tyndall Airforce Base | Panama City |
| U.S. Gypsum Plant | Jacksonville |
| U.S. Naval Base & Air Station | Key West |
| U.S. Naval Station | Mayport |
| U.S. Phosphoric Plant | Tampa |
| Union Camp Chemical Plant | Jacksonville |
| United Heating & Air | Tampa |
| University Of Florida | Gainesville |
| University Of South Florida | Tampa |
| US Fosswick | Tampa Bay |
| US Naval Base | Fort Pierce |
| US Naval Station | Jacksonville |
| US Naval Station | Mayport |
| Vero Beach Power Plant | Vero Beach |
| W.R. Grace Phosphate Plant | Bartow |
| Wainwright Shipyard | Panama City |
| Waynewright Shipyard | Panama City |
| Women's Memorial Hospital | Orlando |
| Women's Memorial Hospital | Tampa |
| Wometko Vending | Florida |
