Asbestos Exposure Sites in Kansas
Our records contain 87 asbestos exposure sites in Kansas, though there are certainly more that have not been reported.
Asbestos in Kansas
For decades, Kansas buildings and products have used asbestos. Because of this, many Kansas residents have been exposed to asbestos and are at risk for contracting mesothelioma cancer.
The symptoms of mesothelioma often take decades to appear, so Kansas workers are at risk even if they were exposed to asbestos decades ago. Examples of Kansas asbestos exposure sites include:
- Kansas factories
- Powerplants in Kansas
- Refineries or Chemical Plants in Kansas
Below is a list of 87 known sites of asbestos exposure in Kansas. Asbestos exposure is known to have occurred in at least 36 Kansas cities, though the number is likely even higher.
The Kansas city with the most asbestos exposure sites was Wichita, KS, with 24 known sites contaminated by asbestos.
If you know of another Kansas asbestos site, please contact us so that we can update our records.
| Site Name | City |
| American Oil Refinery | Kansas City |
| American Oil Refinery | Neodesha |
| Apco Refinery | Kansas City |
| APCO Refinery | Arkansas City |
| Armco Steel | Kansas City |
| Ashland Oil Refinery | Ashland |
| Atlas Missile Base | Wichita |
| Beech Craft Plant | Wichita |
| Bishop Carroll | Wichita |
| Boeing Aircraft | Wichita |
| Boeing Aircraft Prospect Plant | Wichita |
| Boeing Plant | Wichita |
| Boeing Powerhouse | Wichita |
| Brookside Plumbing & Heating Company | Kansas City |
| Cessena Air Craft | Wichita |
| Civic Center | Wichita |
| Clay Center Power Plant | Clay Center |
| Co-Op Refinery | Phillipsburg |
| Co-Op Refinery | Coffeyville |
| Co-Op Refinery | McPherson |
| Co-Op Refinery | Laurel |
| Coffeyville Power & Light | Coffeyville |
| Coleman Company | Wichita |
| Colgate Palmolive Plant | Kansas City |
| Derby Oil Refinery | Wichita |
| Derby Refinery | Wichita |
| Forbes Air Force Base | Topeka |
| Fort Riley | Junction |
| Frontier El Dorado Refining Co. | El Dorado |
| Goodyear Tire & Rubber Plant | Topeka |
| Grand Avenue Generating Station | Kansas City |
| Hawthorne Generating Station | Kansas City |
| Kansas City Public Utilities | Kansas City |
| Kansas Gas & Electric | Wichita |
| Kansas Power & Light | Lawrence |
| Kansas Power & Light Company Office Building | Topeka |
| Kansas Power & Light Power Plant | Wichita |
| Kansas Power & Light Powerhouse | St. Marys |
| Kansas Power Plant | Colwich |
| Larned Power Plant | Larned |
| McPherson Power Plant | McPherson |
| Midwest Piping & Supply | Kansas City |
| Minneapolis Honeywell | Kansas City |
| Mobil Oil Refinery | Augusta |
| Monsanto Chemical | El Dorado |
| National CO-OP Refinery | McPherson |
| National Helium Plant | Liberal |
| Ottawa Gas | Ottawa |
| Phillips Petroleum | Kansas City |
| Phillips Refinery | Kansas City |
| Powder Plant | Eudora |
| Power Regulator Company | Kansas City |
| Powerhouse Empire Distribution | Riverton |
| Pratt Power Plant | Pratt |
| Pratt-Whitney Aircraft Engine Plant | Kansas City |
| Proctor & Gamble Plant | Kansas City |
| Raytheon Beach Aircraft | Wichita |
| Sheraton Hotel | Wichita |
| Skelly Oil | El Dorado |
| Skelly Oil Refinery | El Dorado |
| Skelly Refinery | El Dorado |
| Skelly Refinery | Wichita |
| Small Arms Plant | Kansas City |
| South West Ball Building | Wichita |
| Southern Union Gas Co | Rye |
| Southwestern Bell | Pratt |
| Southwestern Bell | Kansas |
| Southwestern Bell | Wichita |
| Southwestern Ornamental | Bonnen Springs |
| Spencer Chemical-Gulf Oil Plant | Jay Hawk |
| St Catherine Hospital | Garden city |
| Sunflower Ordnance Works Plant | Desoto |
| Tecumseh Energy Center Power Plant | Tecumseh |
| Texaco aka Frontier Oil Refinery | El Dorado |
| The Petroleum Building | Wichita |
| TiarMissle Base | Wichita |
| Towne west | Wichita |
| Traine Trailer Company | Salina |
| Union Oil Refinery | Independence |
| University Of Kansas | Lawrence |
| US Post Office | Hutchinson |
| US Post Office | Salina |
| Valcon Chemical Plant | Wichita |
| Vickers Oil Refinery | Potwin |
| Wellington Power Plant | Wellington |
| Wesley Hospital | Wichita |
| Wolf Creek Nuclear Powerhouse | Burlington |
