50 Weatherproofing was a Johns-Manville product that an insurance company's 1981 list of asbestos products, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, files under paper, felt and blankets.1 The list gives it as made from 1931 to 1981; 1981 is the printout's own year, so the entry may mean it was still being made.1
A 1990 EPA notice that published what Manville reported names it "50 Asbestos Weatherproofing" and gives figures only for a group it calls "Asbestos Weatherproof Felt," which also takes in the 15A, 45A and 7700 Coated asbestos jackets.2 For that group it says the products were produced from 1931 to 1969 and contained 95 to 98% asbestos fiber, and it describes them as felt and jacket.2 The two documents agree on the first year but not the last.1,2
Related: 45A Asbestos Jacket.
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What each document says
Every statement about 50 Weatherproofing (Johns-Manville) in the documents, in each document's own words.
The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)
Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)
- Made from: “produced 1931 to 1969”, said by Manville Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 142
- Made until: “produced 1931 to 1969”, said by Manville Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 142
- Asbestos content: “asbestos fiber, 95 to 98%”, said by Manville Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 142
- Description: “felt and jacket”, said by Manville Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 142
Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (1989)
- Made from: “Date Manufactured: 1923”, p. 903
- Warning label: “Date Labeled: 1970”, p. 903
- Use: “used in waterproofing asphalt for work below grade”, p. 763
- Description: “An asphalt-saturated asbestos felt”, p. 763
- Form: “Paper, Felt, Blankets”, p. 903
- Asbestos content: “50.0 - 55.0 % fiber by weight”, p. 903
- Asbestos fiber: “Chrysotile”, p. 903
- Made at: “Manville Plant, Manville, New Jersey (1913 through 1985): #50 Weatherproofing Felt” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 613
- Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 613
- Made until: “Date Discontinued: 1976”, p. 903
Johns-Manville Material Safety Data Sheet for #50 Weatherproofing Jacket (1975)
Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (1990)
- Made at: “Manville Plant (1913 to 1985): #50 Weatherproofing Felt” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 215
- Made at: “Pittsburgh Plant (1926 to 1980s): 50 Weatherproofing Felt” (at Pittsburgh) (the plant: Pittsburg, California), p. 255
- Made at: “Waukegan Plant (1922 to 1985): #50 Weatherproofing Felt” (at Waukegan) (the plant: Waukegan, Illinois), p. 265
- Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 215
Kind of product
We list 50 Weatherproofing (Johns-Manville) with paper, felt and millboard, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Other paper, felt and millboard by Johns-Manville (89)
Min-k · Doublex · Thermomat · Firetard · Vitribestos · Ventsulation · Vitro Fire Felt · White Surface Asbestos Jacket · #50 Asbestos Weatherproofing Felt · 12# Asbestos Tape · 15A Asbestos Jacket · 45A Asbestos Jacket · 770 Coated Asbestos Jacket · 7700 Coated Jacket · Akoustikos Felt · Amber Loklube Style 1009A · Aqua Covering · Armaturo Asb Paper · Arp-40 · Asbestocel Paper · and 69 more on the company's page
Paper, felt and millboard by other makers (210)
Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Insubestos (Unarco) · Limpet (Keasbey & Mattison) · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · White Top Asbestos Jacket (Philip Carey) · Woolfelt (GAF) · Wovenstone (Unarco) · X-l (Excelsior) · Yankee (Beacon Sales Company) · "Not A Kick In A Million Feet" (Lehon) · 411 (Nicolet) · 580 (Nicolet) · 66 (Eagle-Picher) · Abestine (International Pulp) · Air Vent (GAF) · Air Vent (Ruberoid) · Air Vent Asphalt Felt (GAF) · Aircel (Philip Carey) · Aircell (Fibreboard) · and 190 more: all paper, felt and millboard
See also
- Johns-Manville: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Johns-Manville on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 10.
- Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 14.
- Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (December 7, 1989), p. 90.
- Johns-Manville Material Safety Data Sheet for #50 Weatherproofing Jacket (March 6, 1975), p. 1.
- Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (February 15, 1990), p. 21.
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