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Doublex (Johns-Manville)

Doublex was a Johns-Manville asbestos paper.1,2 In sworn answers in two lawsuits, in 1969 and 1970, J-M described Doublex Paper as "a completely inorganic paper made from asbestos and a lime silicate binder."1,3 Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, listed J-M's application to register the Doublex trade-mark "For Asbestos Paper," filed June 14, 1939.4

The sources give different years. An insurance company's 1981 list of asbestos products, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, lists Doublex as a paper, felt or blanket made from 1936 to 1981; 1981 was the list's own year, so the end date may mean it was still being made.5 A 1990 EPA notice that published what Manville reported gives 1900 to 1965, but as one date range for a group of seven J-M asbestos papers that includes Doublex.6 A 1970 notice from the general manager of J-M's Industrial Insulations Division still listed Doublex Asbestos Paper under the Manville plant.2

For its asbestos content, the 1990 notice gives only figures for the whole group of seven papers: asbestos, 40 to 99%, and inorganic binder, 1 to 60%.6 The 1970 notice listed Doublex Asbestos Paper among the products to carry J-M's health hazard caution label L-4955.2

See also Fibroid.

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Asbestos claims

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What each document says

Every statement about Doublex (Johns-Manville) in the documents, in each document's own words.

The Potter v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to plaintiff's interrogatories with exhibits

  • Description: “DOUBLEX PAPER. (Asbestos Paper) A completely inorganic paper made from asbestos and a lime silicate binder.” (as of 1969), p. 231
  • Binder: “a lime silicate binder”, p. 231

M. W. Burleson's Notice to the Industrial Insulations Division on Health Hazard Caution Labels (1970)

  • Warning label: “to carry Health Hazard Caution Warning label L-4955 (no asterisk)” (as of 1970), p. 22
  • Made at: “Manville Plant: Doublex Asbestos Paper” (as of 1970) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 22

The Borel v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to interrogatories with exhibits

  • Binder: “a lime silicate binder”, p. 233
  • Asbestos content: “made from asbestos and a lime silicate binder”, p. 233
  • Description: “DOUBLEX PAPER. (Asbestos Paper) A completely inorganic paper made from asbestos and a lime silicate binder.” (as of 1970), p. 233

Asbestos Magazine, 1940, September 1940

  • Form: “Doublex. Serial No. 420,485 ... For Asbestos Paper”, said by Johns-Manville Corporation, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), trade-mark list, p. 364
  • Description: “Asbestos Paper”, said by Johns-Manville Corporation, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), "Trade Marks" column, p. 364

The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)

  • Made from: “36”, p. 45
  • Made until: “81”, p. 45
  • Form: “PAPER,FELT,BLANKETS”, p. 45

Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)

  • Made from: “produced 1900 to 1965”, said by Manville Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 146
  • Made until: “produced 1900 to 1965”, said by Manville Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 146
  • Binder: “inorganic binder, 1 to 60%”, said by Manville Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 146
  • Asbestos content: “asbestos, 40 to 99%”, said by Manville Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 146

Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (1989)

  • Made from: “Date Manufactured: 1936”, p. 1097
  • Warning label: “Date Labeled: 1970”, p. 1097
  • Use: “used by neon sign manufacturers to make templates or patterns; also used for pouring gates in foundries”, p. 787
  • Asbestos content: “80.0 % fiber by weight”, p. 1097
  • Made at: “Manville Plant, Manville, New Jersey (1913 through 1985): Doublex Asbestos Paper” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 627
  • Asbestos fiber: “Chrysotile”, p. 1097
  • Description: “A paper made from asbestos and a lime silicate binder”, p. 787
  • Made until: “Date Discontinued: Approximately 1980”, p. 1097
  • Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 627
  • Form: “Paper”, p. 1097

Johns-Manville Material Safety Data Sheet for DOUBLEX Asbestos Paper (1980)

  • Asbestos fiber: “Chrysotile Asbestos Fiber”, p. -118
  • Asbestos content: “80”, p. -118
  • Description: “asbestos paper” (as of 1936, 1976), p. 729

Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (1990)

  • Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 2210
  • Made at: “Manville Plant (1913 to 1985): Doublex Asbestos Paper” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 2210

Kind of product

We list Doublex (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 · Thermomat · Firetard · Vitribestos · D C Flexstone · Ceilinite · Cellamite · Centurian Base Felt · Coated Asbestos Base Felt · Cold Application Felt · Commercial Grade Asbestos Paper · Copperclad · Engineers Insulating Tape · Fibroid · Fire Felt · Flexstone Mineral Surface Cap Sheet · Gold-Line · High Strength Fibroid Asbestos Paper · High Temperature Flexible Min-k Blankets · J-m Built-up Roof · 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) · Corlon, Serenada (Armstrong Cork) · Corlon, Tessera (Armstrong Cork) · Corrugated asbestos paper (GAF) · Covergard (H. K. Porter) · Defendex (Philip Carey) · Don'T Monkey With Cheap Roofs (Lone Star Roofing) · Double Sanded Asbestos (Philip Carey) · Duplex (Nicolet/Keasbey & Mattison) · Durestos (maker not given) · E-511 (Ruberoid) · E-515 (Ruberoid) · E-p (Eagle-Picher) · Excel (Philip Carey) · Fiberock (Philip Carey) · Fiberock Asbestos Felt (Philip Carey) · and 190 more: all paper, felt and millboard

See also

References

  1. The Potter v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to plaintiff's interrogatories with exhibits (December 24, 1969), p. 23.
  2. M. W. Burleson's Notice to the Industrial Insulations Division on Health Hazard Caution Labels (July 1, 1970), p. 2.
  3. The Borel v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to interrogatories with exhibits (March 27, 1970), p. 23.
  4. Asbestos Magazine, 1940, September 1940 (September 1, 1940), p. 36.
  5. The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 4.
  6. Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 14.
  7. Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (December 7, 1989), p. 109.
  8. Johns-Manville Material Safety Data Sheet for DOUBLEX Asbestos Paper (May 30, 1980), p. -11.
  9. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 72. Not yet published in our library.
  10. Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (February 15, 1990), p. 22.

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