Documents in our library describe Fibrous Adhesive (Celotex) as “cement”.1 They give it as made 1906–1984.1,2,3 They put its asbestos content at 15%.2,3 The list marks “Fibrous Adhesive” as a generic term: a name several companies used for this kind of product, not one company's brand.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Fibrous Adhesive (Celotex) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981
Celotex's Answers to Plaintiff's Master Interrogatories in Laird v. Celotex (1984)
Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)
- Asbestos content: “contained 85% sodium silicate, 15% asbestos”, said by Celotex Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 63
- Made until: “Fibrous Adhesive (1906 to 1984)”, said by Celotex Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 63
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “cement”, p. 764
Kind of product
We list Fibrous Adhesive (Celotex) with insulating cement and coatings, 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, Boilermakers.
Other insulating cement and coatings by Celotex (8)
Insulating cement and coatings by other makers (316)
Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Asbestile (Johns-Manville) · 85 Magnesia (Johns-Manville) · Prasco (Fibreboard) · FC II (Bigelow-Liptak) · Fenco (Owens-Corning) · FI (Fibreboard) · Fibercoat (Baldwin-Ehret-Hill) · Fibre Emulsion (National Cork) · Fibrekote (Keene/Ehret) · Fibrofil (Johns-Manville) · Fibrous Adhesive (Johns-Manville) · Fibrous Adhesive (Keasbey & Mattison) · Fibrous Adhesive (M. H. Detrick) · Fibrous Adhesive (Pabco) · Fibrous Adhesive (Philip Carey) · Fibrous Adhesive (Ruberoid) · Fil-insul (Johns-Manville) · Fireite (Johns-Manville) · and 296 more: all insulating cement and coatings
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. 20.
- Celotex's Answers to Plaintiff's Master Interrogatories in Laird v. Celotex (January 1, 1984), p. 45.
- Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 6.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 76. Not yet published in our library.
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