Defendex was a Philip Carey pipe covering.1 An insurance company's 1981 list of asbestos products, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, lists it under Philip Carey as made from 1940 to 1945.1 That list gives no asbestos figure for it.1
The Celotex Corporation, which names Philip Carey Corporation and the Philip Carey Manufacturing Company as its predecessors, reported on Philip Carey's products in a 1990 EPA notice that published what companies told the agency.2 It names Defendex among seven "Paper Pipe Products," along with Aircel, Careycel, Carocel, Excel, Glosscell and Multi-Ply.2 Celotex says that group was produced from 1906 to "the early 1970's" and contained approximately 60% asbestos, 25% organic fiber and 15% silicate.2 Those are figures and dates for the whole group, not for Defendex alone.2
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What each document says
Every statement about Defendex (Philip Carey) in the documents, in each document's own words.
The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)
Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)
- Made from: “produced 1906 to the early 1970's”, said by The Celotex Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 52
- Made until: “produced 1906 to the early 1970's”, said by The Celotex Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 52
- Form: “Paper Pipe Products”, said by The Celotex Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 52
- Asbestos content: “approximately 60% asbestos”, said by The Celotex Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 52
- Ingredient: “25% organic fiber, 15% silicate”, said by The Celotex Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 52
Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (1962)
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “asbestos paper & pipe insulation” (as of 1953), p. 714
Kind of product
We list Defendex (Philip Carey) with pipe covering and block insulation and paper, felt and millboard, from how the documents describe its form. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Insulators and Insulation Workers, Pipefitters and Plumbers.
Other pipe covering and block insulation by Philip Carey (26)
Careytemp · Careycel · 19 Hitemp · Aircel · 85 Magnesia · Tempcheck · Alltemp · Asbestos Paper · Asbestos Sponge · Carey Cal-silicate · Careytemp 2000 · Carocel · Dual Careytemp · Excel · Fireguard Jacketing · Grosscell · Hightemp #12 · Hightemp #15 · Impervo · Insulation Seal 820 · and 6 more on the company's page
Pipe covering and block insulation by other makers (250)
Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Kaylo (Owens-Corning) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Asbestocel (Johns-Manville) · Celo-temp (Celotex) · Champion Sectional Covering (Johns-Manville) · Cobra (Johns-Manville) · Colorthin (Johns-Manville) · CS (Riva & Mariani) · Custom Molded 85% Magnesia (Mundet Cork) · D.E. Block (Eagle-Picher) · Detrick (Combustion Engineering) · Dri-mag (Crown Cork & Seal) · Duplex (Armstrong Cork) · Duplex (Keasbey & Mattison) · Durant (Keene/Ehret) · Durestos (maker not given) · Durocell (Ehret Magnesia Manufacturing Co.) · Enduro (Ehret Magnesia Manufacturing Co.) · and 230 more: all pipe covering and block insulation
Other paper, felt and millboard by Philip Carey (31)
Aircel · Excel · Carey Duct · Fireclad · Fireguard · Asbestos Paper · Asbestos Paper Tape · Asbestoseal · Base Sheet · Black Top Asbestos · Carey · Carocel · Double Sanded Asbestos · Fiberock · Fiberock Asbestos Felt · Fiberock Cap Sheet · Fireguard Jacketing · Grosscell · No. 15 Fiberock · No. 15 Tar Fiberock · and 11 more on the company's page
Paper, felt and millboard by other makers (268)
Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Insubestos (Unarco) · Limpet (Keasbey & Mattison) · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Corlon, Norager (Armstrong Cork) · Corlon, Pirelle (Armstrong Cork) · Corlon, Serenada (Armstrong Cork) · Corlon, Tessera (Armstrong Cork) · Corrugated asbestos paper (GAF) · Covergard (H. K. Porter) · D C Flexstone (Johns-Manville) · Don'T Monkey With Cheap Roofs (Lone Star Roofing) · Doublex (Johns-Manville) · Duplex (Nicolet/Keasbey & Mattison) · Durestos (maker not given) · E-511 (Ruberoid) · E-515 (Ruberoid) · E-p (Eagle-Picher) · Engineers Insulating Tape (Johns-Manville) · and 248 more: all paper, felt and millboard
See also
- Philip Carey: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Philip Carey on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 4.
- Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 5.
- Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (October 1, 1962), p. 78.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 71. Not yet published in our library.
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