Celotex Corporation plant at Perth Amboy, New Jersey

Celotex Corporation had what Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, called "its small asbestos-paint factory at Perth Amboy, New Jersey."¹ In August 1975 the journal reported that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had ordered Celotex to shut the factory down, after "'Hazardous' emissions of asbestos into the air were noted during a routine EPA inspection."¹ The journal called it "the first EPA administrative order to close a production facility anywhere in the U.S."¹

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What each document says

Every statement about this plant in the documents, in each document's own words.

Asbestos Magazine, 1975, August 1975

• Closed: “Celotex Corporation was ordered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to shut down its small asbestos-paint factory at Perth Amboy, New Jersey” (Celotex Corporation), said by Asbestos (magazine), as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 12¹
• Dust and health: “"Hazardous" emissions of asbestos into the air were noted during a routine EPA inspection” (Celotex Corporation), said by Asbestos (magazine), as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 12¹

See also

• Celotex Corporation: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
• Asbestos exposure sites in New Jersey

References

1. Asbestos Magazine, 1975, August 1975 (August 1, 1975), p. 12.