Dicalite (maker not given)

Documents in our library describe Dicalite (maker not given) as “the trade name for a diatomaceous earth material manufactured by the great lakes carbon company”.¹ Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

What each document says

Every statement about Dicalite (maker not given) in the documents, in each document's own words.

Kind of product

We list Dicalite (maker not given) with raw fiber and filler, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.

Raw fiber and filler by other makers (42)

Plastibest (Johns-Manville) · Fibra-Flo (Johns-Manville) · Asbaltic (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Fibers (Johns-Manville) · Caposite (North American Asbestos) · Calidria RG 144 (Union Carbide) · Calidria RG 600 (Union Carbide) · Carded Crysotile (Unarco) · Carey 7 RF (Carey Canadian Mines) · Celite (Johns-Manville) · Chlorbestos (Johns-Manville) · Diabestos (Great Lakes Carbon) · Fiberspray Asbestos (Acoustic) · Fibra Flow (Johns-Manville) · Gold Bond Asbestos Fibers (National Gypsum) · Havestos (Haveg) · Mimco (Mining & Milling Corp. of America) · Montasite (Mining & General Technicians) · Mother Lode (Asbestos Textile Co.) · Mother Lode (Pacific Asbestos) · and 22 more: all raw fiber and filler

References

1. Filler material for acetylene cylinders (US Patent 3,475,189, 1969) (January 1, 1969), p. 2.
2. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 72. Not yet published in our library.
3. GAF Asbestos Information Act Submission (January 1, 1989), p. 14.