Asbestos (GAF)

Documents in our library describe Asbestos (GAF) as “shorts”.¹ The list marks “Asbestos” as a generic term: a name several companies used for this kind of product, not one company's brand.¹

Asbestos claims

If you or a family member worked with or around Asbestos (GAF) and later developed mesothelioma or another asbestos disease, a claim may be paid by the G-I Holdings (GAF) asbestos trust. Free case review.

What each document says

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

Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981

• Description: “GENERIC TERM”, p. 17¹
• Form: “SHORTS”, p. 17¹

Kind of product

We list Asbestos (GAF) with raw fiber and filler, from how the documents describe its form. 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) · Vra G4 (Turners Asbestos) · 0-0-10-6 (Huxley Westfried) · 0-0-7-9 (Huxley Westfried) · 7 Rf-9 (Carey Canadian Mines) · A.C.L. Superfine (Asbestos Corp. Services) · Acl Asbestos (Asbestos Corp. Services) · Afd (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Fibers (Fibreboard) · Asbestos Fibers (Nicolet) · Asbestos Fibers (Philip Carey) · Asbestos Fibers (Ruberoid) · Blue Mud (Johns-Manville) · Calidria RG 144 (Union Carbide) · Calidria RG 600 (Union Carbide) · Carded Crysotile (Unarco) · and 22 more: all raw fiber and filler

See also

• Asbestos in the Lexicon
• 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. Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981 (July 1, 1981), p. 17.