Documents in our library describe Fil-insul (Johns-Manville) as “cement”.1 They give it as made 1930–1969.1 They put its asbestos content at 70% to 80%.1 The asbestos named is amosite and chrysotile. Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Fil-insul (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: 1930”, p. 1111
- Use: “used for insulating irregular surfaces”, p. 821
- Description: “A resilient fill composed of mineral fibers”, p. 821
- Asbestos fiber: “Chrysotile and/or Amosite”, p. 1111
- Made at: “Manville Plant, Manville, New Jersey (1913 through 1985): Fil Insul Cement” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 621
- Warning label: “Date Labeled: None”, p. 1111
- Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 621
- Asbestos content: “70.0 - 80.0 % fiber by weight”, p. 1111
- Made until: “Date Discontinued: 1969”, p. 1111
- Asbestos fiber: “Chrysotile and/or Amosite”, p. 1111
- Form: “Cement”, p. 1111
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “asbestos & mineral wool insulation fill” (as of 1930-1969), p. 762
Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (1990)
- Made at: “Waukegan Plant (1922 to 1985): Fil Insul Cement” (at Waukegan) (the plant: Waukegan, Illinois), p. 273
- Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 223
- Made at: “Manville Plant (1913 to 1985): Fil Insul Cement” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 223
Kind of product
We list Fil-insul (Johns-Manville) with insulating cement and coatings, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Insulators and Insulation Workers, Boilermakers.
Other insulating cement and coatings by Johns-Manville (51)
Thermobestos · Superex · Asbestile · 85 Magnesia · 302 · 678 Semi-refractory · 678 Semi-Refractory Cement · 85% Magnesia Cement · Asbestoment · Asbestos Fire Felt · Fibrofil · Fibrous Adhesive · Fireite · Firetite Furnace Cement · Heat Treating Cement · Insulkote ET · Insulkote ST · Johns-Manville Jm · Laptite · Laptite Cement · and 31 more on the company's page
Insulating cement and coatings by other makers (273)
Prasco (Fibreboard) · Calsilite (GAF) · Caltemp (Fibreboard) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Super 66 (Eagle-Picher) · Fibrekote (Keene/Ehret) · Fibrous Adhesive (Celotex) · Fibrous Adhesive (Keasbey & Mattison) · Fibrous Adhesive (M. H. Detrick) · Fibrous Adhesive (Pabco) · Fibrous Adhesive (Philip Carey) · Fibrous Adhesive (Ruberoid) · Fireproofing (Eagle-Picher) · Fitch (Fitch Recuperator) · Flexigum Roof (Celotex) · Forty-eight & Eight (Forty-Eight Insulations) · Fr-100 (Flintkote) · Fr-200 (Flintkote) · Fr-300 (Flintkote) · Fuller Lagging (H. P. Fuller) · and 253 more: all insulating cement and coatings
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. 111.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 76. 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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