Documents in our library describe Tropag (Oscar H. Reiter (importer)) as “asbestos ores - minerals import · transit · export "tropag" asbest & erzimport”.1 They give it as sold from 1922.2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Tropag (Oscar H. Reiter (importer)) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos Magazine, 1939, March 1939
- Description: “ASBESTOS ORES - MINERALS Import · Transit · Export "Tropag" Asbest & Erzimport”, p. 271
Asbestos Magazine, 1969, May 1969
- Sold from: “Since 1922, the name of "Tropag" ... has been very well known. Originally the company was involved in the importing of asbestos, ores and minerals”, p. 122
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “fiber” (as of 1951), p. 1203
Kind of product
We list Tropag (Oscar H. Reiter (importer)) with raw fiber and filler, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Raw fiber and filler by other makers (42)
Plastibest (Johns-Manville) · Fibra-Flo (Johns-Manville) · Asbaltic (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Fibers (Johns-Manville) · Caposite (North American Asbestos) · Mother Lode (Asbestos Textile Co.) · Mother Lode (Pacific Asbestos) · Pavebestos (Carey Canadian Mines) · Pluto (North American Asbestos) · Portugese Asbestos (Powhattan Mining) · Powminco (Powhattan Mining) · Red Clover (Vermont Asbestos) · Usm Asbestos Fibers (United States Mineral Wool) · Visbestos (Montello) · Vra G3 (Turners Asbestos) · Vra G4 (Turners Asbestos) · 0-0-10-6 (Huxley Westfried) · 0-0-7-9 (Huxley Westfried) · 7 Rf-9 (Carey Canadian Mines) · A.C.L. Superfine (Asbestos Corp. Services) · and 22 more: all raw fiber and filler
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1939, March 1939 (March 1, 1939), p. 27.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1969, May 1969 (May 1, 1969), p. 12.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 120. Not yet published in our library.
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