Documents in our library describe Thermo Felt (Johns-Manville) as “felt”.1 They give it as made from 1931.1 They put its asbestos content at 50%.1 The asbestos named is chrysotile.
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What each document says
Every statement about Thermo Felt (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: 1931”, p. 1221
- Description: “An asbestos hair felt composed of 50% cattle hair and 50% asbestos, with a burlap center”, p. 791
- Asbestos content: “composed of 50% cattle hair and 50% asbestos”, p. 791
- Asbestos fiber: “Unknown (Probably Chrysotile)”, p. 1221
- Use: “used in steel passenger cars and street cars”, p. 791
- Form: “Felt”, p. 1221
Kind of product
We list Thermo Felt (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 · Salamander · Special Coated Asbestos Base Felt · Spintex · Standard Flex M-k · Standard Flexible Min-k blankets · Super Fire Felt · Telgard · Thermoflex · Thermotape · Thermowrap · Toasterbord · Transhield · Type GT · Ventsulation · Vitro Fire Felt · 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) · Stonefelt (Unarco) · Super Insubestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · T/NA 200 (Ruberoid) · Terratex (G.E.) · Terratex (General Electric) · Thermafelt (H. K. Porter) · Thermafiber (U.S. Gypsum) · Thermoid Portersite G (H. K. Porter) · Triple Aaa Hip & Ridge Shingles (Atlantic Asphalt & Asbestos) · Tufbestos (Nicolet) · Tufedg (Munters) · Unarco (Unarco) · Unarco (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Unarco Asbestos Blanket (Unarco) · Uni Syn (Keasbey & Mattison) · and 190 more: all paper, felt and millboard
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), pp. 79, 122.
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