Asbestolux (North American Asbestos)

Documents in our library describe Asbestolux (North American Asbestos) as “fireproof insulation board”.¹ They give it as sold from 1957.¹ The asbestos named is amosite. Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

What each document says

Every statement about Asbestolux (North American Asbestos) in the documents, in each document's own words.

Kind of product

We list Asbestolux (North American Asbestos) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.

Trades that worked with products like it: Carpenters and Construction Workers.

Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (383)

Flexboard (Johns-Manville) · Thermobestos · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Asbesto-sponge (Johns-Manville) · Asbestobiex (Cape Asbestos) · Asbestoboard (Johns-Manville) · Asbestobord (Johns-Manville) · Asbestocel (Johns-Manville) · Asbestocite (Johns-Manville) · Asbestolux "60" (Cape Asbestos Group) · Asbestone (British Uralite) · Asbestone (Gold Bond Building Products (National Gypsum)) · Asbestone (National Gypsum) · Asbestone (R. J. Dorn) · Asbestone 400 (Asbestone) · Asbestone 400 (National Gypsum) · Asbestoroc (Keasbey & Mattison) · Asbestos "Navy Brand" Fire Felt (Johns-Manville) · and 363 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet

See also

• North American Asbestos: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants

References

1. Asbestos Magazine, 1957, November 1957 (November 1, 1957), p. 37.
2. Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981 (July 1, 1981), p. 17.
3. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 57. Not yet published in our library.