Documents in our library describe Asbestos-Cement Pipe (CertainTeed) as “asbestos-cement pipe (may have carried the brand name fluid-tite) - first placed on the market on june 1, 1962. certainteed ceased the manufacture of asbestos-cement pipe in 1992 due to lack of demand for the product.”.1 They put its asbestos content at 10% to 20%.1 The asbestos named is chrysotile and crocidolite. It was rated for temperatures up to 200 °F.1
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What each document says
Every statement about Asbestos-Cement Pipe (CertainTeed) in the documents, in each document's own words.
CertainTeed's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Havenor v. W.D. Industries (2000)
- Description: “Asbestos-Cement Pipe (may have carried the brand name Fluid-Tite) - First placed on the market on June 1, 1962. CertainTeed ceased the manufacture of asbestos-cement pipe in 1992 due to lack of demand for the product.”, p. 101
- Asbestos content: “Sewer Pipe 10 - 15%”, p. 111
- Asbestos fiber: “anywhere from 0% to 24% was crocidolite (blue) fiber by weight”, p. 111
- Temperature limit: “The temperature limit was 200°F”, p. 111
- Made at: “Asbestos-cement pipe: Santa Clara, CA (1953-1982)” (the plant: Santa Clara, California), p. 211
- Use: “Asbestos-cement pipe was used for the underground transmission of water and sewage.”, p. 111
- Made at: “Asbestos-cement pipe: Riverside, CA (1965-1992)” (the plant: Riverside, California), p. 211
- Made at: “Asbestos-cement pipe: St. Louis, MO (1938-1979)” (the plant: St. Louis, Missouri), p. 211
- Asbestos content: “Pressure Pipe 15 - 20%”, p. 111
- Asbestos fiber: “with the remaining fiber being chrysotile (white)”, p. 111
- Made at: “Asbestos-cement pipe: Hillsboro, TX (1961-1987)” (the plant: Hillsboro, Texas), p. 211
- Asbestos content: “Irrigation Pipe 11 - 20%”, p. 111
- Made at: “Asbestos-cement pipe: Ambler, PA (1938-1982)” (the plant: Ambler, Pennsylvania), p. 211
Kind of product
We list Asbestos-Cement Pipe (CertainTeed) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Pipefitters and Plumbers, Carpenters and Construction Workers.
Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by CertainTeed (3)
Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (380)
Flexboard (Johns-Manville) · Thermobestos · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Asbestos Permaboard (National Gypsum) · Asbestos Rollboard (Celotex) · Asbestos Rollboard (Philip Carey) · Asbestos Sheathing (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Sponge (Felted, Sectional, Molded) (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Sponge Felt (Ruberoid) · Asbestos-Bonded (Armco Steel) · Asbestoside (Johns-Manville) · Aslac (UBE Ceycon) · Atco (American Tar) · Best-Side (DeWitt Products) · Birdsboard (Mirawal, Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical) · Bromley's Honor Pledge (George W. Bromley) · C Asbestos Millboard (Johns-Manville) · C Millboard (Johns-Manville) · and 360 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet
See also
- Asbestos-Cement Pipe in the Lexicon
- Asbestos-Cement in the Lexicon
- CertainTeed: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
References
- CertainTeed's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Havenor v. W.D. Industries (May 25, 2000), pp. 10–11.
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