Documents in our library describe Blind Nailing Cement (CertainTeed) as “asphalt solvent blended with asbestos fibers (roofing)”.1 They give it as sold from 1930.2 They put its asbestos content at 13%.2 The asbestos named is chrysotile. Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Blind Nailing Cement (CertainTeed) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “asphalt solvent blended with asbestos fibers (roofing)” (as of 1978), p. 631
CertainTeed's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Havenor v. W.D. Industries (2000)
- Sold from: “First placed on the market prior to 1930.”, p. 72
- Sold until: “Withdrawn from the market in 1979 due to economic considerations (poor profit margins).”, p. 72
- Use: “designed for use in sealing the laps of roll roofing applied with no exposed nails”, p. 72
- Fiber grade: “7M”, p. 72
- Asbestos fiber: “chrysotile asbestos fiber”, p. 72
- Asbestos content: “approximately 13% 7M chrysotile asbestos fiber”, p. 72
Kind of product
Trades that worked with products like it: Roofers.
See also
- CertainTeed: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
References
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 63. Not yet published in our library.
- CertainTeed's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Havenor v. W.D. Industries (May 25, 2000), p. 7.
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