|title=Gulf War Asbestos Exposure: Destroyed Infrastructure, Vehicle Wreckage & Veteran Ris
|description=Gulf War (1990-1991) asbestos exposure from destroyed Iraqi infrastructure built wit
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..., military asbestos veterans, veteran mesothelioma, WWII asbestos, Vietnam War asbestos, PACT Act mesothelioma, VA benefits mesothelioma, military branch
...ng:10px; border-bottom:1px solid #dee2e6;" | 5 (WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Gulf War, Iraq/Afghanistan)
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...mesothelioma, Huntington Ingalls asbestos, shipyard workers compensation, Gulf Coast shipyard
...ng it the single largest source of shipyard asbestos exposure cases in the Gulf Coast region
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* [[Korean War Asbestos Exposure]] — Cold-weather bases, retrofitted WWII vessels, and for
* [[Vietnam War Asbestos Exposure]] — Peak U.S. asbestos consumption era (803,000 metric to
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...with facilities spanning both coasts and the Gulf of Mexico. During World War II, Todd employed 57,000 workers at peak, building over 1,000 vessels inclu
...where the USS Monitor's revolutionary engines were built during the Civil War.<ref name="mlc-todd" />
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* '''Peak wartime scale''' — Employment surged to 26,000 during World War II, making Avondale Louisiana's largest private employer
| Peak employment || 26,000 workers during World War II
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|keywords=Iraq War asbestos exposure, Afghanistan asbestos exposure, burn pit asbestos, PACT A
...was the dominant global producer and exporter of asbestos during the Cold War. A declassified CIA report on the Soviet asbestos industry documented that
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...'''425,000''' during the Korean War, and '''450,000+''' during the Vietnam War — each conflict presenting distinct asbestos exposure pathways from ships,
...espiratory cancer of any type" as a presumptive condition for covered Gulf War/post-9/11 veterans; pleural mesothelioma may qualify under VA's respiratory
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...mped approximately $105 million in wages into the local economy during the war years.
|fact2=Peak employment reached 16,000 workers during World War II
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|title=Vietnam War Asbestos Exposure: Peak Consumption Era, Military Service & Mesothelioma
|description=Vietnam War (1955-1975) coincided with peak U.S. asbestos consumption of 803,000 tons i
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...ng both USS Enterprise vessels — the most decorated American ship of World War II (CV-6) and America's first nuclear carrier (CVN-65) — along with every s
| Peak wartime employment || 31,000 workers across three shifts during World War II<ref name="mlc-newport" />
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...ined up to 900 tons of asbestos, compared to approximately 300 tons in pre-war commercial vessels<ref name="dandell-risk" />
* '''Women comprised 25% of workforce''' — Compared to under 5% in pre-war shipyards, Kaiser's female workforce faced the same asbestos exposure as ma
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...ational history encompassed World War II ship repairs of 406 vessels, Cold War submarine maintenance, and the landmark $467 million USS Missouri moderniza
...ost-war operations continued through the Korean War, Vietnam War, and Gulf War eras, with major modernization projects including the USS Missouri's $467 m
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* '''241,093 personnel''' served in the Coast Guard during World War II, manning 802 cutters plus Navy ships and landing craft<ref name="mesonet
=== World War II ===
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Operating initially from converted World War II Army barracks and leased hospital space, MD Anderson moved to its curren
* Various petrochemical facilities along the Gulf Coast
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...aircraft they maintained, and every barracks they slept in during the Cold War era contained asbestos materials. The exposure was different from the Navy
| style="padding:10px;" | ACM in base structures from Cold War-era construction
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* Pearl origin: Eastern pearls (likely from Indian/Persian Gulf)
'''HOST 1:''' War prisoners. Debt-enslaved persons. Diodorus Siculus describes Egyptian gold
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