Documents in our library describe 7M (Gaf/Ruberoid) as “cement”.1 They give it as made 1936–1975.1 They put its asbestos content at 100%.1 The list marks “7M” as a generic term: a name several companies used for this kind of product, not one company's brand.1
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What each document says
Every statement about 7M (Gaf/Ruberoid) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981
- Made from: “36”, p. 281
- Description: “GENERIC TERM”, p. 281
- Asbestos content: “100”, p. 281
- Form: “CEMENT”, p. 281
- Made until: “75”, p. 281
Kind of product
We list 7M (Gaf/Ruberoid) 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/Ruberoid (3)
214 · 85 Magnesia · Aircell
Insulating cement and coatings by other makers (321)
Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Asbestile (Johns-Manville) · 85 Magnesia (Johns-Manville) · Prasco (Fibreboard) · 678 Semi-Refractory Cement (Johns-Manville) · 7 Asbestos (Combustion Engineering) · 7 K Type Cement (Ruberoid) · 707 (Philip Carey) · 707 Insulating Cement (Philip Carey) · 7M (Crown Cork & Seal) · 7M (Eagle-Picher) · 7M (Mundet Cork) · 7M (Philip Carey) · 7M Short (National Gypsum) · 7M Short (Nicolet) · 7M Short Fiber (Mundet Cork) · 7M-90 (Celotex) · 81-27 and 81-93 (Benjamin Foster) · 85 Magnesia (Crown Cork & Seal) · and 301 more: all insulating cement and coatings
References
- Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981 (July 1, 1981), p. 28.
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