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115 (GAF)

115 Insulation Cement was a chrysotile asbestos insulating cement from The Ruberoid Co. and GAF.1,2 GAF's 1989 filing with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Asbestos Information Act, made for itself and The Ruberoid Co., says that some of it was produced at Ruberoid/GAF's Vermont facility, and some was bought from other asbestos suppliers and resold.1 The filing adds that the Vermont product was a slip chrysotile asbestos rather than a cross vein asbestos, and was generally of a lower grade, with more impurities such as dirt and rock particles.1

GAF believed the cement was sold from at least as early as 1937 to 1975.1 The "115" name, it said, was used from approximately 1950 to 1975, and in the years before 1950 the cement was also called "Grade B."1

An insurance company's 1981 list of asbestos products, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, lists 115 under GAF as a cement made from 1936 to 1972, with the note "Ruberoid."2

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Asbestos claims

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The formulas

The 1 formula documents give for 115 (GAF), each with its ingredients and amounts exactly as printed. Amounts are by weight unless the document says otherwise; a total that doesn't come to 100 is the document's own.

115 Insulation Cement · from at least as early as 1937 to 1975; "115" designation from approximately 1950 to 1975; "Grade B" in years prior to 1950

“The basic ingredients of this cement product were:”

Constituent Amount
chrysotile determined to pass the 0-0-1-15 Quebec test
impurities (dirt, rock, earth)

Source: GAF Asbestos Information Act Submission (1989), p. 301

What each document says

Every statement about 115 (GAF) in the documents, in each document's own words.

GAF Asbestos Information Act Submission (1989)

  • Sold from: “sold from at least as early as 1937 to 1975”, p. 301
  • Sold until: “to 1975”, p. 301
  • Made at: “in some instances, was produced at Ruberoid/GAF's Vermont facility and in other instances was purchased from various other asbestos suppliers and resold” (the plant: Hyde Park, Vermont), p. 301
  • Asbestos fiber: “the Vermont product was a slip chrysotile asbestos rather than a cross vein asbestos”, p. 301
  • Description: “the "115" designation was employed from approximately 1950 to 1975 and the designation "Grade B" was also employed in years prior to 1950”, p. 301

The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)

  • Made from: “36”, p. 102
  • Made until: “72”, p. 102
  • Form: “CEMENT”, p. 102
  • Description: “RUBEROID”, p. 102

Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981

  • Made from: “36”, p. 273
  • Made until: “75”, p. 273
  • Form: “CEMENT”, p. 273
  • Description: “RUBEROID/7M CEMENT”, p. 273
  • Asbestos content: “100”, p. 273

Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)

  • Sold from: “sold from at least as early as 1937”, said by GAF Building Materials Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 94
  • Sold until: “to 1975”, said by GAF Building Materials Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 94
  • Description: “the "115" designation was employed from approximately 1950 to 1975 and the designation "Grade B" was also employed in years prior to 1950”, said by GAF Building Materials Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 94
  • Asbestos fiber: “a chrysotile asbestos product”, said by GAF Building Materials Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 84
  • Fiber grade: “chrysotile determined to pass the 0–0–1–15 Quebec test”, said by GAF Building Materials Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 94
  • Made at: “in some instances, was produced at Ruberoid/GAF's Vermont facility” (the plant: Hyde Park, Vermont), said by GAF Building Materials Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 84

Label: Vermont Asbestos Grade 115 (Ruberoid)

  • Asbestos content: “VERMONT ASBESTOS GRADE 115”, p. 15

Kind of product

We list 115 (GAF) 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 GAF (4)

Calsilite · Coverkote · 313 · Single Cote

Insulating cement and coatings by other makers (320)

Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Asbestile (Johns-Manville) · 85 Magnesia (Johns-Manville) · Prasco (Fibreboard) · Weberseal (Forty-Eight Insulations) · Zonolite High Temperature Insulating Cement (W. R. Grace) · 0352 Cement (Johns-Manville) · 10 (Unarco) · 100 (Philip Carey) · 106 (Eagle-Picher) · 110 (Owens-Corning) · 115 Insulating Cement (Ruberoid) · 127 (Fibreboard) · 152 (Keasbey & Mattison) · 152 (Nicolet) · 175 (Unarco) · 19 Vitircel (Philip Carey) · 20 (Eagle-Picher) · 20 Fireproofing (Unarco) · and 300 more: all insulating cement and coatings

See also

  • GAF: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
  • GAF on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources

References

  1. GAF Asbestos Information Act Submission (October 6, 1989), p. 30.
  2. The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 10.
  3. Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981 (July 1, 1981), p. 27.
  4. Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 9.
  5. Label: Vermont Asbestos Grade 115 (Ruberoid), p. 1.

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