Asbestos in Nevada
In its frontier period, Nevada was known for its boom-and-bust mining towns that grew up overnight around silver strikes and rumors of gold veins in the northern mountains of the state. There has never been an asbestos deposit found however and the state has never had an asbestos industry per se. What it has had is the collection of enormous hotels and casinos that have sprung up in Las Vegas over the last sixty years. Many of the earlier structures no doubt were insulated with asbestos. Many of them also had their own power plants in the earlier days in Las Vegas; today the state has an inordinate number of power plants that service Las Vegas’ insatiable needs.
There are a couple of military installations in Nevada; those facilities are always suspect for asbestos because they are self contained in many instances, with power generation facilities. Asbestos was used to insulate older barracks and could be found in the maintenance facilities for both vehicles and aircraft.
There aren’t a lot of Nevadans that worked on those early hotels, but those that did may still be in danger of an asbestos-related health problem. The medical danger of asbestos comes from inhaled asbestos fibers that lodge in the lung or in the lining of the lung, or collect in other areas of the body’s abdominal and chest cavities. There is a remarkably long period of latency between exposure to asbestos and symptoms of resultant diseases. Malignant mesothelioma is a fatal, incurable cancer that may surface twenty years or more after asbestos exposure. Asbestosis, while not always fatal, is a scarring of lung tissue by the asbestos fibers that causes reduction of lung capacity and a persistent cough. It too is incurable.
If you or a relative has been on a construction, remodeling or maintenance crew at any of the locations listed below, a discussion with the family doctor about the potential damage of asbestos exposure is in order. If you are suffering from an asbestos related disease, get in touch with one of our experienced attorneys to get an analysis at no charge of the compensation that you are owed by the asbestos companies.
STAUFFER CHEMICAL PLANT HENDERSON NV
TITANIUM CHEMICAL CO HENDERSON NV
INDIAN SPRINGS AIR FORCE BASE INDIAN SPRINGS NV
CLARK COUNTY POWER HOUSE LAS VEGAS NV
CLARK STATION POWERHOUSE LAS VEGAS NV
INTERNATIONAL HOTEL LAS VEGAS NV
LAS VEGAS VAN & TRANSFER SIDING LAS VEGAS NV
MGM HOTEL LAS VEGAS NV
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE LAS VEGAS NV
NORTH Las Vegas SHOPPING CENTER LAS VEGAS NV
SAHARA HOTEL LAS VEGAS NV
SOUTHERN NEVADA PUBLIC SERVICES LAS VEGAS NV
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS M
LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE - NEVADA POWERPLANT LAUGHLIN NV
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON - MOHAVE STATION LAUGHLIN NV
POWER PLANT LOFTON NV
NEVADA POWER COMPANY - REID GARDNER STATION MOAPA NV
BELL TELEPHONE BLDG - RENO FEED AND SEED SPUR RENO NV
CONVENTION CENTER - RENO FEED AND SEED SPUR RENO NV
PROCTER HUG HIGH SCHOOL RENO NV
RENO FEED AND SEED SPUR RENO NV
SIERRA PACIFIC POWER CO RENO NV
SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY RENO NV
STATE PRINTING OFFICE - RENO FEED AND SEED SPUR RENO NV
WELLS FARGO DOCK RENO NV
WELLS FARGO DOCK - BELL TELEPHONE RENO NV
FORELAND REFINING TONOPAH NV
VALMY POWER PLANT VALMY NV
SIERRA PACIFIC POWER CO - WABUSHA NV
SIERRA PACIFIC POWER CO YERINGTON NV
Asbestos Fatalities in Nevada
Between 1979 and the year 2000, Nevada had up to 198 residents who succumbed to either asbestosis or mesothelioma cancer. There is no accurate figure because some deaths that were reported as lung cancer were probably cases of lung cancer that was secondary to mesothelioma cancer, which can cause lung tumors when it is in its latter stages.
In 1999 the federal government began to keep track of mesothelioma deaths on an annual basis. In Nevada between 1999 and the end of 2004 there were 99 deaths recorded from mesothelioma. Experts believe that the annual mesothelioma cancer death rate will not begin to recede for several more years, even though asbestos products have been off the market since the end of the 1980s.
Cancer Treatment in Nevada
Nevada Cancer Institute
Elko Office
2596 Idaho Street
Elko, NV 89801
Phone (775) 738-4673
Fax (775) 753-4677
Fallon Office
2125 W. Williams Avenue
Fallon, NV 89406
Phone (775) 423-7060
Fax (775) 423-3610
Sparks Office
1301 N. McCarran Blvd., Suite 101
Sparks, NV 89431
Phone (775) 356-8800
Fax (775) 356-8808
Las Vegas Office
One Breakthrough Way
Las Vegas, NV 89135-3010
Phone (702) 822-LIFE
Fax (702) 944-2379
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Southern California
1441 Eastlake Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90089
Tel: (323) 865-0816
Fax: (323) 865-0102
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of California San Francisco
2340 Sutter Street, Box 0128
San Francisco, California 94115-0128
Tel: (415) 502-1710
Fax: (415) 502-1712
In its frontier period, Nevada was known for its boom-and-bust mining towns that grew up overnight around silver strikes and rumors of gold veins in the northern mountains of the state. There has never been an asbestos deposit found however and the state has never had an asbestos industry per se. What it has had is the collection of enormous hotels and casinos that have sprung up in Las Vegas over the last sixty years. Many of the earlier structures no doubt were insulated with asbestos. Many of them also had their own power plants in the earlier days in Las Vegas; today the state has an inordinate number of power plants that service Las Vegas’ insatiable needs.
There are a couple of military installations in Nevada; those facilities are always suspect for asbestos because they are self contained in many instances, with power generation facilities. Asbestos was used to insulate older barracks and could be found in the maintenance facilities for both vehicles and aircraft.
There aren’t a lot of Nevadans that worked on those early hotels, but those that did may still be in danger of an asbestos-related health problem. The medical danger of asbestos comes from inhaled asbestos fibers that lodge in the lung or in the lining of the lung, or collect in other areas of the body’s abdominal and chest cavities. There is a remarkably long period of latency between exposure to asbestos and symptoms of resultant diseases. Malignant mesothelioma is a fatal, incurable cancer that may surface twenty years or more after asbestos exposure. Asbestosis, while not always fatal, is a scarring of lung tissue by the asbestos fibers that causes reduction of lung capacity and a persistent cough. It too is incurable.
If you or a relative has been on a construction, remodeling or maintenance crew at any of the locations listed below, a discussion with the family doctor about the potential damage of asbestos exposure is in order. If you are suffering from an asbestos related disease, get in touch with one of our experienced attorneys to get an analysis at no charge of the compensation that you are owed by the asbestos companies.
STAUFFER CHEMICAL PLANT HENDERSON NV
TITANIUM CHEMICAL CO HENDERSON NV
INDIAN SPRINGS AIR FORCE BASE INDIAN SPRINGS NV
CLARK COUNTY POWER HOUSE LAS VEGAS NV
CLARK STATION POWERHOUSE LAS VEGAS NV
INTERNATIONAL HOTEL LAS VEGAS NV
LAS VEGAS VAN & TRANSFER SIDING LAS VEGAS NV
MGM HOTEL LAS VEGAS NV
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE LAS VEGAS NV
NORTH Las Vegas SHOPPING CENTER LAS VEGAS NV
SAHARA HOTEL LAS VEGAS NV
SOUTHERN NEVADA PUBLIC SERVICES LAS VEGAS NV
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS M
LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE - NEVADA POWERPLANT LAUGHLIN NV
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON - MOHAVE STATION LAUGHLIN NV
POWER PLANT LOFTON NV
NEVADA POWER COMPANY - REID GARDNER STATION MOAPA NV
BELL TELEPHONE BLDG - RENO FEED AND SEED SPUR RENO NV
CONVENTION CENTER - RENO FEED AND SEED SPUR RENO NV
PROCTER HUG HIGH SCHOOL RENO NV
RENO FEED AND SEED SPUR RENO NV
SIERRA PACIFIC POWER CO RENO NV
SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY RENO NV
STATE PRINTING OFFICE - RENO FEED AND SEED SPUR RENO NV
WELLS FARGO DOCK RENO NV
WELLS FARGO DOCK - BELL TELEPHONE RENO NV
FORELAND REFINING TONOPAH NV
VALMY POWER PLANT VALMY NV
SIERRA PACIFIC POWER CO - WABUSHA NV
SIERRA PACIFIC POWER CO YERINGTON NV
Asbestos Fatalities in Nevada
Between 1979 and the year 2000, Nevada had up to 198 residents who succumbed to either asbestosis or mesothelioma cancer. There is no accurate figure because some deaths that were reported as lung cancer were probably cases of lung cancer that was secondary to mesothelioma cancer, which can cause lung tumors when it is in its latter stages.
In 1999 the federal government began to keep track of mesothelioma deaths on an annual basis. In Nevada between 1999 and the end of 2004 there were 99 deaths recorded from mesothelioma. Experts believe that the annual mesothelioma cancer death rate will not begin to recede for several more years, even though asbestos products have been off the market since the end of the 1980s.
Cancer Treatment in Nevada
Nevada Cancer Institute
Elko Office
2596 Idaho Street
Elko, NV 89801
Phone (775) 738-4673
Fax (775) 753-4677
Fallon Office
2125 W. Williams Avenue
Fallon, NV 89406
Phone (775) 423-7060
Fax (775) 423-3610
Sparks Office
1301 N. McCarran Blvd., Suite 101
Sparks, NV 89431
Phone (775) 356-8800
Fax (775) 356-8808
Las Vegas Office
One Breakthrough Way
Las Vegas, NV 89135-3010
Phone (702) 822-LIFE
Fax (702) 944-2379
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Southern California
1441 Eastlake Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90089
Tel: (323) 865-0816
Fax: (323) 865-0102
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of California San Francisco
2340 Sutter Street, Box 0128
San Francisco, California 94115-0128
Tel: (415) 502-1710
Fax: (415) 502-1712
Source:http://www.asbestosnews.com/asbestos-areas/nevada.html
