Due to its prevalence in the construction and shipping industries prior to the 1970s, asbestos was once commonplace in shipyards and piers. Prolonged exposure to asbestos fibers, however, can lead to mesothelioma, and many pier workers who have in recent years developed this aggressive cancer did not know the risks associated with asbestos.
For years, New York asbestos attorney Joseph P. Williams and the team at Williams Law Firm, P.C. have helped victims of asbestos exposure understand their legal rights and fight for compensation.
CALL US AT (855) 575-6376 TO LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR LEGAL OPTIONS IF YOU OR A LOVED ONE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MESOTHELIOMA OR MAY HAVE DEVELOPED LUNG CANCER AFTER WORKING AT A JOB SITE KNOWN TO CONTAIN ASBESTOS.
The impacts of asbestos among pier workers in the New York area are perhaps most notably linked with Pier 57, which once housed buses for the New York City Transit Authority and has been associated with health problems stemming from exposure to asbestos and other contaminants.
Other New York City-area piers in which workers may have been exposed to asbestos include:
Although many pier sites that contained asbestos have since been demolished and/or the asbestos abated, mesothelioma typically takes decades for the symptoms to become evident. Those who were exposed to asbestos prior to asbestos restrictions and abatement efforts of the 1970s and ’80s may have only recently learned they developed mesothelioma or asbestos-related lung cancer. If this has happened to you, now is the time to speak with a mesothelioma attorney in New York.
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