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Asbestos Shipments Received in Pennsylvania
At least 4,394
shipments of vermiculite went from Libby, MT to
10 locations in Pennsylvania
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| City | Number of Shipments | Number of Locations | Tons Shipped* |
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New Castle, PA
• 202 E. Cherry Street | 4,232 | 1 | 424,648 |
Ellwood City, PA
• 12th & Factory Avenues | 93 | 1 | 8,720 |
Philadelphia, PA
• 3600 Grays Ferry Avenue | 45 | 1 | 1,594 |
Monongahela, PA
• 731 E Main Street | 14 | 1 | 1,242 |
| Ambler, PA | 4 | 1 | n/a * |
Lancaster, PA
• 2500 Columbia Avenue | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Pittston, PA | 2 | 1 | n/a * |
| Fairless Hills, PA | 1 | 1 | 54 |
| Duquesne, PA | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Locations in Pennsylvania with incomplete address or shipment information | N/A | 1 | N/A | | Pennsylvania total | 4,394 | 10 | 436,274 |
Source: EWG Action Fund analysis of shipment invoices from Libby, MT.
*Numerous shipment invoices from Libby that were tallied by U.S. EPA did not include a specific street address for the destination, the tons shipped, or dates of shipment; some invoices lacked all this information, based on the EPA database in which the tabulations are recorded. As a result, the 'tons shipped' data presented here likely underestimate the actual amount of asbestos shipped to specific destinations, states, or for the United States as a whole.
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