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Over 100,000 people live within half a mile of a government listed asbestos contamination site
Rank by: Company |
State |
Population
| Company |
State |
Population within
half a mile |
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| W.R. Grace/Zonolite Company Site | Beltsville,MD | 1,242 | Details | | Texas Vermiculite Company | Dallas,TX | 890 | Details | | Zonolite Company/W.R. Grace | Dearborn,MI | 9,069 | Details | | Western Minerals Company Plant | Denver,CO | 2,377 | Details | | Zonolite Company | Easthampton,MA | 685 | Details | | Celotex | Edgewater,NJ | 12,419 | Details | | Zonolite Company/W.R. Grace | Ellwood City,PA | 2,175 | Details | | Ari-Zonolite Company | Glendale,AZ | 6,059 | Details | | Vermiculite of Hawaii | Honolulu,HI | 13,051 | Details | | California Zonolite/Diversified Insulation | Los Angeles,CA | 7,156 | Details | | O.M. Scott & Sons | Marysville,OH | 166 | Details | | Western Mineral Products | Minneapolis,MN | 7,760 | Details | | Robinson Insulation Company | Minot,ND | 3,146 | Details | | Zonolite Company | New Castle,PA | 1,736 | Details | | Zonolite Company | New Orleans,LA | 1,605 | Details | | California Zonolite/Diversified Insulation | Newark,CA | 2,067 | Details | | Western Mineral Products Company | Omaha,NE | 2,533 | Details | | W.R. Grace/Solomon's Mines | Phoenix,AZ | 2,570 | Details | | Vermiculite-Northwest Inc. | Portland,OR | 398 | Details | | Supreme Perlite Company | Portland,OR | 54 | Details | | W.R. Grace & Company Plant | Santa Ana,CA | 11,674 | Details | | Vermiculite-Northwest Inc./W.R. Grace | Spokane,WA | 6,539 | Details | | Zonolite Company | St. Louis,MO | 2,863 | Details | | Verlite Company/Schmelzer Sales | Tampa,FL | 610 | Details | | Zonolite Company/W.R. Grace | Trenton,NJ | 1,729 | Details | | Zonolite Company/W.R. Grace | Weedsport,NY | 575 | Details | | W.R. Grace & Company Site | West Chicago,IL | 1,938 | Details | | Zonolite Company | Wilder,KY | 4,012 | Details | Source: EWG Action Fund. Compiled from ATSDR Phase I
Vermiculite Sites, National Asbestos Exposure Review.
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