Asbestos Exposure Sites in Virginia
Our records contain 77 asbestos exposure sites in Virginia, though there are certainly more that have not been reported.
Asbestos in Virginia
For decades, Virginia buildings and products have used asbestos. Because of this, many Virginia residents have been exposed to asbestos and are at risk for contracting mesothelioma cancer.
The symptoms of mesothelioma often take decades to appear, so Virginia workers are at risk even if they were exposed to asbestos decades ago. Examples of Virginia asbestos exposure sites include:
- Virginia factories
- Powerplants in Virginia
- Refineries or Chemical Plants in Virginia
Below is a list of 77 known sites of asbestos exposure in Virginia. Asbestos exposure is known to have occurred in at least 37 Virginia cities, though the number is likely even higher.
The Virginia city with the most asbestos exposure sites was Norfolk, VA, with 10 known sites contaminated by asbestos.
If you know of another Virginia asbestos site, please contact us so that we can update our records.
| Site Name | City |
| Allied Chemical Plant | Hopewell |
| Allied Signal Inc | Hopewell |
| American Oil Company Amoco Refinery | Yorktown |
| Appalachian Power-Glen Lyn Power | Glen Lyn |
| Banister Pipeline | Farmville |
| Burlington Ind | Glasgow |
| Burlington Mills | Roanoke |
| C & O-CSX | Clifton Force |
| Celanese Chemical | Narrows |
| Celanese Chemical Plant | Narrows |
| Celanese Corporation | Narrows |
| Chesapeake Corporation Paper Mill | West Point |
| Chesterfield Power Plant | Chesterfield |
| Chrysler Dodge Dealership | Suffolk |
| Dupont | Richmond |
| Dupont | Waynesboro |
| Dupont | Martinsville |
| Dupont Chemical | Richmond |
| Dupont Chemical Plant | Parkersburg |
| Dupont Chemical Plant | Richmond |
| Dupont Chemical Plant | Waynesboro |
| Dutch Gap Power Plant | Chester |
| Dutch Gap Power Plant | Richmond |
| Firestone Plant | Hopewell |
| Franklin Printing Company | Newport News |
| General Electric Plant | Staunton |
| General Instrument | Tazewell |
| General Motors | Arlington |
| Grinnel Corp | Yorktown |
| Hampton Road Shipyard | Hampton |
| Hercules Power Company | Hopewell |
| Hercules-Radford Arsenal-RAAP | Radford |
| Hoechst Celanese | Narrow |
| Horne Brothers Shipyard | Norfolk |
| International Paper Company | Franklin |
| Little Creek Naval Base | Norfolk |
| N & W-NSRC | Roanoke |
| NASA - Langley Research Center | Hampton |
| Naval Air Station Jet Engine Testing Facility | Norfolk |
| Naval Air Station Oceanic | Virginia Beach |
| Newport News Shipbuilders-Drydock | Newport News |
| Newport News Shipyard | Newport News |
| Norfolk Naval Base | Norfolk |
| Norfolk Naval Shipyard | Norfolk |
| Norfolk Naval Shipyard | Portsmouth |
| Norfolk Ship Building and Dry Dock | Norfolk |
| Parsons Piping Company | Yorktown |
| Phillip Morris | Richmond |
| Phillip Morris Plant | Hopewell |
| Point Express | Roanoke |
| Radford Army Ammunion Plant | Radford |
| Research Cottrell WVA Vapd | Virginia |
| Richmond Steel | Richmond |
| Riverside Hospital | Newport News |
| Spruance Textiles | Richmond |
| Standard Oil Refinery | Richmond |
| Stone and Webster Corp | Yorktown |
| Thurstan Motors | Roanoke |
| Union Camp Papermill | Franklin |
| University Of Virginia | Charlottesville |
| US Atlantic Fleet | Norfolk |
| US Naval Amphibious Base | Little Creek |
| US Naval Hospital | Portsmouth |
| US Naval Shipyard | Norfolk |
| Virginia Chemical Plant | Axis |
| Virginia Electric and Power | Richmond |
| Virginia Electric Power Office Building | Richmond |
| Virginia Electric Power Plant | Fredericksburg |
| Virginia Electric Power Plant | Dutch Gap |
| Virginia Electric Power Plant | Fork Union |
| Virginia Hot Springs Inc | Hot Springs |
| Virginia International Terminals | Norfolk |
| Virginia Power and Light Power Plant | Yorktown |
| Wallace Piping and supply company | Norfolk |
| West Virginia Pulp and Paper | Covington |
| Westvaco Paper Mill | Covington |
| William and Mary College | Williamsburg |
