Documents in our library describe Asbestos Paper (Celotex) as “pipecover”.1 They give it as made from 1972.1 They put its asbestos content at 80%.1 The list marks “Asbestos Paper” as a generic term: a name several companies used for this kind of product, not one company's brand.1
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Asbestos claims
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What each document says
Every statement about Asbestos Paper (Celotex) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981
- Made from: “72”, p. 181
- Description: “GENERIC TERM”, p. 181
- Made until: “3”, p. 181
- Asbestos content: “80”, p. 181
- Form: “PIPECOVER”, p. 181
Kind of product
We list Asbestos Paper (Celotex) with pipe covering and block insulation, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Insulators and Insulation Workers, Pipefitters and Plumbers.
Other pipe covering and block insulation by Celotex (2)
Pipe covering and block insulation by other makers (274)
Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Kaylo (Owens-Corning) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Asbestos and Hair Felt Removable Covering (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Combination Spiral Pipe Insulation (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Fire Felt Covering (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Fire Felt Locomotive Lagging (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Hair Felt Covering (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Molded Blocks (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Moulded Sectional Covering (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Paper (Philip Carey) · Asbestos Sectional Covering (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Sponge (Felted, Sectional, Molded) (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Sponge (Mundet Cork) · Asbestos Sponge (Philip Carey) · Asbestos Sponge Felt (Nicolet) · Asbestos Sponge Felt (Ruberoid) · Atlasite (Atlas Asbestos) · and 254 more: all pipe covering and block insulation
See also
- Celotex: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Celotex on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981 (July 1, 1981), p. 18.
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