Mesothelioma Drug Trials

Any employee who worked at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, especially in the mid-twentieth century, faces an elevated risk of being diagnosed with the asbestos cancer mesothelioma, due to the prevalence of asbestos-containing materials that have traditionally been used in the shipbuilding industry.

The Norfolk Naval Shipyard is the largest of its kind in the world, and has built and repaired US Naval ships for as long as it’s been open. Using asbestos as an insulator as was the practice in the construction of most boats throughout the twentieth century the workers at the yard were exposed to [...]