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Fibroid (Johns-Manville)

Fibroid was a Johns-Manville asbestos paper.1,2 In October 1957, Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, noted a new J-M brochure with a chart of the thickness, weight and strength of "all of J-M's Commercial and Fibroid asbestos papers."1 An insurance company's 1981 list of asbestos products, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, lists Fibroid as a paper, felt or blanket.3

The sources give different years. The 1981 list gives Fibroid as made from 1930 to 1981; 1981 was the list's own year, so the end date may mean it was still being made.3 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 Fibroid.4 A 1970 notice from the general manager of J-M's Industrial Insulations Division still listed Fibroid 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%.4 The 1970 notice listed Fibroid among the products to carry J-M's caution label L-4955, which read in part: "THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS ASBESTOS FIBER. AVOID BREATHING THE DUST."2

See also Doublex.

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Asbestos claims

If you or a family member worked with or around Fibroid (Johns-Manville) and later developed mesothelioma or another asbestos disease, a claim may be paid by the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust. Free case review.

What each document says

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

Asbestos Magazine, 1957, October 1957

  • Description: “J-M's Commercial and Fibroid asbestos papers”, said by Johns-Manville, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 621

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

  • Warning label: “label L-4955: THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS ASBESTOS FIBER. AVOID BREATHING THE DUST.”, p. 32
  • Made at: “Manville Plant” (as of 1970) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 22

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

  • Made from: “30”, p. 43
  • Form: “PAPER,FELT,BLANKETS”, p. 43
  • Made until: “81”, p. 43

Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)

  • Asbestos content: “asbestos, 40 to 99%”, said by Manville Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 144
  • Made from: “produced 1900 to 1965”, said by Manville Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 144
  • Made until: “produced 1900 to 1965”, said by Manville Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 144
  • Binder: “inorganic binder, 1 to 60%”, said by Manville Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 144

Johns-Manville Material Safety Data Sheet for FIBROID Asbestos Paper (1979)

  • Asbestos fiber: “Chrysotile Asbestos Fiber”, p. -95
  • Asbestos content: “Approx 95”, p. -95
  • Description: “asbestos paper” (as of 1930, 1976), p. 766

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

  • Use: “Used as an electrical insulation”, p. 787
  • Temperature limit: “it can withstand temperatures up to 500 degrees F”, p. 787
  • Made at: “Manville Plant, Manville, New Jersey (1913 through 1985): Fibroid Asbestos Paper” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 627
  • Description: “made from asbestos paper and a binder”, p. 787
  • Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 627

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

  • Made at: “Pittsburgh Plant (1926 to 1980s): Fibroid Asbestos Paper” (at Pittsburgh) (the plant: Pittsburg, California), p. 258
  • Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 228
  • Made at: “Manville Plant (1913 to 1985): Fibroid Asbestos Paper” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 228
  • Made at: “Waukegan Plant (1922 to 1985): Fibroid Asbestos Paper” (at Waukegan) (the plant: Waukegan, Illinois), p. 278

Kind of product

We list Fibroid (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 · Centurian Base Felt · Coated Asbestos Base Felt · Cold Application Felt · Commercial Grade Asbestos Paper · Copperclad · D C Flexstone · Engineers Insulating Tape · 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 · Johns-Manville Jm · Long Fiber Asbestos 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) · E-511 (Ruberoid) · E-515 (Ruberoid) · E-p (Eagle-Picher) · Excel (Philip Carey) · Fiberock (Philip Carey) · Fiberock Asbestos Felt (Philip Carey) · Fiberock Cap Sheet (Philip Carey) · Filawound (Spaulding Fibre) · Fireclad (Celotex) · Fireclad (Philip Carey) · Firefly 800 (TBA Industrial Products, Turner & Newall) · Fireguard (Philip Carey) · Fireguard Jacketing (Philip Carey) · Flamegard (H. K. Porter) · Florobestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · and 190 more: all paper, felt and millboard

See also

References

  1. Asbestos Magazine, 1957, October 1957 (October 1, 1957), p. 62.
  2. M. W. Burleson's Notice to the Industrial Insulations Division on Health Hazard Caution Labels (July 1, 1970), pp. 2–3.
  3. The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 4.
  4. Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 14.
  5. Johns-Manville Material Safety Data Sheet for FIBROID Asbestos Paper (October 22, 1979), p. -9.
  6. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 76. Not yet published in our library.
  7. Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (December 7, 1989), p. 78.
  8. Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (February 15, 1990), p. 25.

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