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Places That Handled Asbestos Shipments
At least 63,076 shipments were sent from Libby, MT between 1948 and 1993
| Rank |
State |
Number of Shipments |
Tons Shipped* |
Number of Zip Codes Affected |
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| | U.S. Total |
63,076 |
5,865,858 |
213 |
map |
| 1 |
California |
11,494 |
1,104,444 |
24 |
details |
| 2 |
Texas |
7,214 |
681,087 |
16 |
details |
| 3 |
Ohio |
3,737 |
445,321 |
9 |
details |
| 4 |
Pennsylvania |
4,391 |
436,274 |
9 |
details |
| 5 |
Illinois |
4,241 |
372,775 |
17 |
details |
| 6 |
New Jersey |
2,597 |
338,134 |
4 |
details |
| 7 |
Massachusetts |
2,987 |
268,313 |
4 |
details |
| 8 |
Arizona |
2,249 |
212,458 |
2 |
details |
| 9 |
Kentucky |
1,839 |
173,777 |
3 |
details |
| 10 |
Oregon |
1,856 |
164,040 |
1 |
details |
| 11 |
Michigan |
1,672 |
163,524 |
7 |
details |
| 12 |
Minnesota |
2,349 |
163,401 |
5 |
details |
| 13 |
Missouri |
1,599 |
143,152 |
4 |
details |
| 14 |
Nebraska |
1,440 |
131,695 |
1 |
details |
| 15 |
Louisiana |
1,341 |
123,819 |
3 |
details |
| 16 |
New York |
1,439 |
116,277 |
8 |
details |
| 17 |
Florida |
1,188 |
109,948 |
5 |
details |
| 18 |
Oklahoma |
1,001 |
93,015 |
3 |
details |
| 19 |
Colorado |
941 |
85,661 |
4 |
details |
| 20 |
Arkansas |
826 |
70,048 |
5 |
details |
| 21 |
Maryland |
773 |
69,385 |
3 |
details |
| 22 |
Washington |
981 |
63,610 |
6 |
details |
| 23 |
New Mexico |
715 |
59,766 |
3 |
details |
| 24 |
Wisconsin |
594 |
55,671 |
3 |
details |
| 25 |
Utah |
920 |
50,339 |
2 |
details |
| 26 |
Nevada |
484 |
37,213 |
5 |
details |
| 27 |
Montana |
448 |
29,862 |
9 |
details |
| 28 |
North Dakota |
317 |
25,992 |
4 |
details |
| 29 |
Tennessee |
260 |
24,202 |
3 |
details |
| 30 |
Iowa |
353 |
13,661 |
9 |
details |
| 31 |
North Carolina |
150 |
10,108 |
1 |
details |
| 32 |
Wyoming |
222 |
8,851 |
4 |
details |
| 33 |
South Carolina |
209 |
8,783 |
3 |
details |
| 34 |
Kansas |
96 |
5,643 |
3 |
details |
| 35 |
Alabama |
75 |
3,624 |
3 |
details |
| 36 |
Indiana |
38 |
1,111 |
10 |
details |
| 37 |
Georgia |
13 |
346 |
3 |
details |
| 38 |
Delaware |
16 |
314 |
1 |
details |
| 39 |
Virginia |
7 |
147 |
2 |
details |
| 40 |
Hawaii |
2 |
67 |
1 |
details |
| 41 |
Vermont |
2 |
0 |
1 |
details |
*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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