Documents in our library describe Asbestos Base Felt (GAF) as “asbestos roofing felt”.1
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What each document says
Every statement about Asbestos Base Felt (GAF) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “asbestos roofing felt” (as of 1978), p. 571
Kind of product
We list Asbestos Base Felt (GAF) with paper, felt and millboard, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Roofers.
Other paper, felt and millboard by GAF (12)
Paper, felt and millboard by other makers (287)
Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Insubestos (Unarco) · Limpet (Keasbey & Mattison) · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Asbestogard Felt (Johns-Manville) · Asbestol (Carbola Chemical Co.) · Asbestos (Celotex) · Asbestos (Gaf/Ruberoid) · Asbestos (J. P. Stevens) · Asbestos (Philip Carey) · Asbestos and Hair Woven Felt (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Blanket (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Corded Sheathing (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Felt (Asphalt Saturated) (Fibreboard) · Asbestos Felt (Asphalt Saturated) (Philip Carey) · Asbestos Felt (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Felt (Philip Carey) · Asbestos Felt Jacket, Asphalt Saturated (Pabco) · Asbestos Felt Jacket, Asphalt Saturated (Philip Carey) · and 267 more: all paper, felt and millboard
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
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 57. Not yet published in our library.
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