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Transite Pipe (Johns-Manville)

Transite Pipe (Johns-Manville) appears in documents in our library about asbestos products. They put its asbestos content at 20%.1 The asbestos named is amosite and chrysotile and crocidolite. Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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What each document says

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

Johns-Manville Material Safety Data Sheet for TRANSITE Pipe (1978)

  • Ingredient: “Silica Flour 30”, p. 11
  • Ingredient: “Portland Cement 50”, p. 11
  • Asbestos content: “20”, p. 11

H. M. Jackson, "X-Ray Study, Dr. L. J. Bristol, Trudeau Institute" (1970)

  • Asbestos fiber: “the principal fiber has been Chrysotile (a small percentage of Crocidolite)” (at Long Beach Pipe Plant), p. 22
  • Asbestos fiber: “the principal fiber has been Chrysotile (a small percentage of Crocidolite)” (at Long Beach Pipe Plant), p. 22

J. A. McKinney, Dr. Paul Kotin and Guy Gabrielson of Nicolet on Crocidolite, Mesothelioma and Stockton (1977), McKinney to Gabrielson, June 28, 1977

  • Asbestos fiber: “Both chrysotile and crocidolite are used in the Stockton Plant” (at Stockton Plant), p. 23
  • Asbestos fiber: “Both chrysotile and crocidolite are used in the Stockton Plant” (at Stockton Plant), p. 23

Asbestos Information Association trial exhibit AIA-123: Asbestos Information Association/North America, Proceedings of the Fifth Industry-Government Conference, September 17-18, 1980 (1981)

  • Asbestos fiber: “In making asbestos-cement pipe over a period of years we use chyrsotile mainly, but also crocidolite and amosite.” (at Manville), said by J. A. McKinney, President, Johns-Manville Corporation, as recorded by Asbestos Information Association/North America (conference proceedings), p. 1354
  • Asbestos fiber: “In making asbestos-cement pipe over a period of years we use chyrsotile mainly, but also crocidolite and amosite.” (at Manville), said by J. A. McKinney, President, Johns-Manville Corporation, as recorded by Asbestos Information Association/North America (conference proceedings), p. 1354
  • Asbestos fiber: “In making asbestos-cement pipe over a period of years we use chyrsotile mainly, but also crocidolite and amosite.” (at Manville), said by J. A. McKinney, President, Johns-Manville Corporation, as recorded by Asbestos Information Association/North America (conference proceedings), p. 1354

B. Lewis to R. Batson on the Use of Amosite and Crocidolite (1988)

  • Asbestos fiber: “The vast majority of all crocidolite used in the U.S., both by Manville and other manufacturers, was for making asbestos cement pipe.”, p. 15

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

  • Made at: “Manville Plant, Manville, New Jersey (1913 through 1985): Transite Pipe” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 636
  • Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 636

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

  • Made at: “Stockton Plant (1957 to 1982): Transite Pipe” (at Stockton) (the plant: Stockton, California), p. 267
  • Made at: “Long Beach Plant (1938 to 1982): Transite Pipe” (at Long Beach) (the plant: Long Beach, California), p. 217
  • Made at: “Waukegan Plant (1922 to 1985): Transite Pipe” (at Waukegan) (the plant: Waukegan, Illinois), p. 267
  • Made at: “Denison Plant (1957 to 1982): Transite Pipe” (at Denison) (the plant: Denison, Texas), p. 207
  • Made at: “Manville Plant (1913 to 1985): Transite Pipe” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 217
  • Made at: “Marrero Plant (1947 to 1980s): Transite Pipe” (at Marrero) (the plant: Marrero, Louisiana), p. 237
  • Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 207
  • Made at: “Green Cove Springs Plant (1965 to 1982): Transite Pipe” (at Green Cove Springs) (the plant: Green Cove Springs, Florida), p. 217

See also

References

  1. Johns-Manville Material Safety Data Sheet for TRANSITE Pipe (September 28, 1978), p. 1.
  2. H. M. Jackson, "X-Ray Study, Dr. L. J. Bristol, Trudeau Institute" (December 11, 1970), p. 2.
  3. J. A. McKinney, Dr. Paul Kotin and Guy Gabrielson of Nicolet on Crocidolite, Mesothelioma and Stockton (1977), McKinney to Gabrielson, June 28, 1977 (June 28, 1977), p. 2.
  4. Asbestos Information Association trial exhibit AIA-123: Asbestos Information Association/North America, Proceedings of the Fifth Industry-Government Conference, September 17-18, 1980 (September 17, 1980), p. 135.
  5. B. Lewis to R. Batson on the Use of Amosite and Crocidolite (March 30, 1988), p. 1.
  6. Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (December 7, 1989), p. 63.
  7. Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (February 15, 1990), p. 26.

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