Documents in our library describe Asbestos Ebony (Johns-Manville) as “board”.1 They give it as made 1911–1984.2 They put its asbestos content at 45% to 75%.2,3 The asbestos named is chrysotile. Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Asbestos Ebony (Johns-Manville) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981
Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (1989)
- Made from: “Date Manufactured: 1911”, p. 1022
- Asbestos content: “47.0 - 75.0 % fiber by weight”, p. 1022
- Use: “used for switchboards, controller plates, switch bases, etc.”, p. 742
- Description: “A densely pressed hard sheet of asbestos fiber and binding cements, impregnated with an insulating compound”, p. 742
- Asbestos fiber: “Chrysotile”, p. 1022
- Form: “Board”, p. 1022
- Made until: “Date Discontinued: 1984 - 1985”, p. 1022
Johns-Manville Material Safety Data Sheet for Asbestos EBONY (1976)
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (1990)
- Made at: “Waukegan Plant (1922 to 1985): Ebony” (at Waukegan) (the plant: Waukegan, Illinois), p. 275
- Made at: “Nashua Plant (1907 to 1985): Ebony” (at Nashua) (the plant: Nashua, New Hampshire), p. 245
- Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 245
Kind of product
We list Asbestos Ebony (Johns-Manville) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Carpenters and Construction Workers, Electricians and Electrical Workers.
Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by Johns-Manville (119)
Flexboard · Thermobestos · Min-k · Asbestocel · Metal-on · American Colonial · Anti-sweat · Asbesto-sponge · Asbestoboard · Asbestobord · Asbestocite · Asbestos "Navy Brand" Fire Felt · Asbestos Fire Felt · Asbestos Fire Felt Locomotive Lagging · Asbestos Millboard · Asbestos Paper and Rollboard · Asbestos Sheathing · Asbestos Sponge (Felted, Sectional, Molded) · Asbestoside · C Asbestos Millboard · and 99 more on the company's page
Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (264)
Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Unibestos (Pittsburg Corning) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Careycel (Philip Carey) · Asbestone (Gold Bond Building Products (National Gypsum)) · Asbestone (National Gypsum) · Asbestone (R. J. Dorn) · Asbestone 400 (Asbestone) · Asbestone 400 (National Gypsum) · Asbestoroc (Keasbey & Mattison) · Asbestos Cement Siding and Roofing Shingles (Flintkote) · Asbestos Millboard (Celotex) · Asbestos Millboard (Gaf/Ruberoid) · Asbestos millboard (Philip Carey) · Asbestos Millboard (Ruberoid) · Asbestos Millboard Mb-1 (Nicolet) · Asbestos Permaboard (National Gypsum) · Asbestos Rollboard (Celotex) · Asbestos Rollboard (Philip Carey) · and 244 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet
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
- Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981 (July 1, 1981), p. 17.
- Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (December 7, 1989), p. 102.
- Johns-Manville Material Safety Data Sheet for Asbestos EBONY (May 18, 1976), p. 1.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 58. Not yet published in our library.
- Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (February 15, 1990), p. 27.
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