Documents in our library describe Body Sealer (Johns-Manville) as “sealing compound”.1 They give it as made 1954–1975.1 They put its asbestos content at 37% to 41%.1 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 Body Sealer (Johns-Manville) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (1989)
- Made from: “Date Manufactured: 1954”, p. 1071
- Asbestos fiber: “Chrysotile”, p. 1071
- Asbestos content: “37.0 - 41.0 % fiber by weight”, p. 1071
- Made until: “Date Discontinued: 1975”, p. 1071
- Form: “Sealing Compound”, p. 1071
- Warning label: “Date Labeled: None”, p. 1071
- Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 621
- Made at: “Manville Plant, Manville, New Jersey (1913 through 1985): Body Sealer” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 621
- Use: “Auto, truck, and trailer bodies”, p. 801
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “sealing compounds” (as of 1954-1975), p. 632
Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (1990)
- Made at: “Manville Plant (1913 to 1985): Body Sealer” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 223
- Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 223
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
- Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (December 7, 1989), p. 107.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 63. Not yet published in our library.
- Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (February 15, 1990), p. 22.
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