Documents in our library describe Du Shield (Flintkote) as “new flintkote treatment (finish) used in the manufacture of all flintkote asbestos-cement products”.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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Asbestos claims
If you or a family member worked with or around Du Shield (Flintkote) and later developed mesothelioma or another asbestos disease, a claim may be paid by the Flintkote asbestos trust. Free case review.
What each document says
Every statement about Du Shield (Flintkote) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos Magazine, 1952, April 1952
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “cement siding” (as of 1952), p. 732
Kind of product
We list Du Shield (Flintkote) 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: Carpenters and Construction Workers.
Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by Flintkote (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.) · Country Club (Supradur) · Coverall Board (Philip Carey) · Ct (Plus Other Notations) (Certain-Teed Products) · Dekeran (Johns-Manville) · Deluxe Stonewall (Ruberoid) · Detroc Board (M. H. Detrick) · Don'T Monkey With Cheap Roofs (Lone Star Roofing) · Dualay (Keasbey & Mattison) · Dura Shake (GAF) · Dura-Color (GAF) · Duracolor (GAF) · Duraform (Turner Brothers Asbestos) · Duralite (Asbestos Corp. of America) · Duroc (GAF) · Dutch Lap (GAF) · and 360 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet
See also
- Flintkote: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Flintkote on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1952, April 1952 (April 1, 1952), p. 55.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 73. Not yet published in our library.
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