AO Thermogarb (American Optical)

Documents in our library describe AO Thermogarb (American Optical) as “asbestos clothing”.¹

What each document says

Every statement about AO Thermogarb (American Optical) in the documents, in each document's own words.

Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two

• Description: “asbestos clothing” (as of 1960), p. 54¹

Kind of product

We list AO Thermogarb (American Optical) with cloth, tape and other textiles, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.

Cloth, tape and other textiles by other makers (301)

Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Thermobestos pipe covering · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Advance 1253 (Advance Glove) · Advance Barbecue Chef (Advance Glove) · Air Cell (GAF) · Allbestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Aluminum Coated Asbestos Cloth (H. K. Porter) · American Colonial (Johns-Manville) · Amosite Cloth (Unarco) · Apg Hewitt (Allied Polymer Group) · Applon A Tfe (Applied Plastics) · Applon T Tfe (Applied Plastics) · Armaturo Asbestos Tape (Johns-Manville) · Asbestall (U.S. Rubber) · Asbestall (Uniroyal) · Asbestica (Johns-Manville) · Asbestica Tape (Johns-Manville) · and 281 more: all cloth, tape and other textiles

See also

• American Optical: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
• American Optical on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources

References

1. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 54. Not yet published in our library.