Asbestos Exposure in Iowa — by City & Area

Documented asbestos exposure sites across Iowa, organized by metro area and city — the facilities where workers were exposed and the local filing deadlines that apply.

Muscatine & the Lower Mississippi

Muscatine/Des Moines Co/Lee — the river chemical and the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant

Burlington 2 sites Muscatine 8 sites

Des Moines & Central Iowa

Polk/Story — the capital, Ames, and the Maytag and Fisher works

Ames 4 sites Des Moines 4 sites Pleasant Hill 1 sites

Cedar Rapids & the Corridor

Linn/Johnson — Quaker Oats, Cargill, Rockwell Collins

Cedar Rapids 6 sites

Waterloo–Cedar Falls

Black Hawk — the John Deere tractor works and Rath packing

Waterloo 6 sites

Dubuque & the Upper Mississippi

Dubuque/Clinton/Allamakee — the John Deere works and the river towns

Dubuque 4 sites Lansing 1 sites

North Iowa — Mason City & the Cement Belt

Cerro Gordo/Hardin — the Portland cement and gypsum industry

Iowa Falls 0 sites Mason City 2 sites

Sioux City & the Missouri Slope

Woodbury — the meatpacking and Missouri River industry

Sioux City 2 sites

The Quad Cities

Scott — Alcoa Davenport, shared across the Mississippi with Illinois

Davenport 1 sites

Council Bluffs & the Southwest

Pottawattamie — the MidAmerican power plants, shared with Omaha

Council Bluffs 1 sites