Asbestos Exposure Sites in New Jersey
Our records contain 96 asbestos exposure sites in New Jersey, though there are certainly more that have not been reported.
Asbestos in New Jersey
For decades, New Jersey buildings and products have used asbestos. Because of this, many New Jersey residents have been exposed to asbestos and are at risk for contracting mesothelioma cancer.
The symptoms of mesothelioma often take decades to appear, so New Jersey workers are at risk even if they were exposed to asbestos decades ago. Examples of New Jersey asbestos exposure sites include:
- New Jersey factories
- Powerplants in New Jersey
- Refineries or Chemical Plants in New Jersey
Below is a list of 96 known sites of asbestos exposure in New Jersey. Asbestos exposure is known to have occurred in at least 55 New Jersey cities, though the number is likely even higher.
The New Jersey city with the most asbestos exposure sites was New Brunswick, NJ, with 8 known sites contaminated by asbestos.
If you know of another New Jersey asbestos site, please contact us so that we can update our records.
| Site Name | City |
| Air Products Building | New Brunswick |
| American Cyanamid | Boundbrook |
| American Cyanamid aka American Home Products Plant | Bound Brook |
| American Cyanamid Chemical Plant | Bridgewater |
| American Cyanamid Chemical Plant | Lindberg |
| American Cyanamid Chemical Plant | Bound Brook |
| American Cyanide Plant | Plainfield |
| American Smelting & Refractory | Carteret |
| American Standard Inc. | Piscataway |
| Arc Mercer, Inc. | Trenton |
| Asarco | Perth Amboy |
| Bakelite-Union Carbide Boundbrook Chem Plnt | Piscataway |
| Bayonne Shipyard | Bayonne |
| Bayway Refinery | Bayway |
| Bethleham Steel | Hoboken |
| Bethlehem Steel Shipyard | Hoboken |
| Blakely Dry Cleaning | Trenton |
| Brooklyn Naval Shipyard | Brooklyn |
| Brown Athletic Building At Rutgers University | Piscataway |
| Budweiser Brewery | Newark |
| Byrd & Sons | Asbury Park |
| Campbell’s Soup Plant | Camden |
| Chevron | Perth Amboy |
| Chevron Oil Refinery | Perthamboy |
| Ciba-Geigy Chemical Plant | Summit |
| Ciba-Geigy Chemical Plant | Toms River |
| Colgate-Palmolive Plant | Jersey City |
| Cook College At Rutgers University | New Brunswick |
| Deep Water Operating Co. | Pens Grove |
| Delavalve | Trenton |
| Dupont Chemical Plant | Gibbstown |
| Dupont Chemical Plant | Chamber Works |
| Dupont Powder Plant | Pompton Lakes |
| Exxon | Linden |
| Exxon Chemical | Linden |
| Federal Shipyard | Kearny |
| Fort Dix | Fort Dix |
| Foster Wheeler Corp. Office | Livingston |
| General Electric | Trenton |
| General Motors Plant | Linden |
| General Motors Plant | Radway |
| Givaudan-Roure Chemical Plant | Clifton |
| Hess Oil Refinery | Carteret |
| Hillside Metals | Newark |
| Hoboken NJ Shipyard | Hoboken |
| Hoffman LaRoche | Belvidere |
| Hoffman-Laroche Chemical Plant | Patterson |
| Hoffmann-Laroche Chemical Plant | Nutley |
| Johns-Manville Plant | Manville |
| Johnson & Johnson Plant | New Brunswick |
| Johnson & Johnson Plant | Edison |
| Kaiser Chemical | Trenton |
| Lake Hearst Shipyard | Lake Hearst |
| Linden Co-Generation Power Plant | Linden |
| Linden Generating Station | Linden |
| M&M Candies | Hackettstown |
| Marcal Paper Mill | Patterson |
| McGuire AFB | McGuire |
| Mcguire Air Force Base | Wrightown |
| Merck Pharmaceutical Plant | Rahway |
| National Lead Company | Princeton |
| National Lead Power Plant | Bayonne |
| New Jersey State Hospital | Avenel |
| New York Naval Shipyard | Camden |
| New York Ship Building Shipyard | Camden |
| New York Shipbuilding | Camden |
| Newark Airport | Newark |
| Nuclear Power Plant | Vineland |
| Olivetti Coro | Somerville |
| Owens-Illinois Plant | Sayreville |
| Oxford Chemical | New Brunswick |
| Panisote Plant | Passaic |
| Parachute “B” School | Lakehurst |
| Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines | Camden |
| Performing Arts Center At Rutgers University | New Brunswick |
| Picatinny Arsenal | Rockaway |
| Plainfield Plant | Plainfield |
| Playboy Club | Macafee |
| Prudential Building | Newark |
| Public Service | Sayreville |
| Public Service Electric & Gas Co. (Pse&G) Generating Station | Burlington |
| RSR Foods | New Brunswick |
| Ruberoid / GAF Roofing Plant | South Bound Brook |
| Ruberoid Roof-Shingle Plant | South Boundbrook |
| Rutgers University | Piscataway |
| Rutgers University Research Laboratory | Trenton |
| Rutgers University Science Building | New Brunswick |
| Sealand | Elizabeth |
| Sewaren Generating Station | Sewaren |
| Squibb Pharmaceutical Plant | New Brunswick |
| State Drywall | Newark |
| Steppen Chemical Plant | Trenton |
| U.S. Pipe & Foundry | Burlington |
| Union Camp Corp | Trenton |
| Union Carbide | Boundbrook |
| Vineland Electric | Vineland |
