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Navy Vets and Asbestos

Countless Navy vets and other veterans were unnecessarily exposed to asbestos during military service. Because of the military’s heavy reliance on Navy ships as their transportation system for all military personnel, asbestos Navy exposure touched every branch in the military from World War II through the Vietnam War.

After heroically surviving the conditions of war, many Navy vets would learn that their noble service led them to acquire a fatal disease. According to Asbestos.com more than 30 percent of Americans plagued with mesothelioma (an aggressive cancer that attacks the internal lining of the lungs, heart, and abdomen) got asbestos exposure risk from some form of military service.

Navy Vets Exposure was Extreme

One branch of the military that suffered from the highest levels of asbestos exposure risk was, of course, the Navy vets. Asbestos was used throughout Navy vets ships. Every asbestos Navy ship built before the mid-70s was fitted with numerous asbestos-containing materials. Because of this, Navy vets account for 16 percent of asbestos-related lung cancer and 13 percent of severe respiratory diseases.

Other Military Personnel Along with Navy Vets

The marines often used asbestos Navy aircraft carriers as a base from which to fly their planes and conduct operations, such as the "Magic Carpet" operation at the end of World War II,that accelerated returning military personnel home.

Eventually, every military division steadily decreased usage of asbestos Navy materials as evidence of the compound's damaging capabilities emerged—but not before hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Navy vets and other veterans were exposed.

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