Firefoil was a Philip Carey board and panel, listed elsewhere as wallboard.1,2 The Celotex Corporation, which names Philip Carey Corporation and the Philip Carey Manufacturing Company as its predecessors, said in a 1990 EPA notice that published what companies told the agency that Firefoil Board and Panel was produced from 1940 to 1960.1 Celotex says it contained 60% asbestos, 25% organic fiber and 15% silicate.1
An insurance company's 1981 list of asbestos products, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, lists Firefoil wallboard under Philip Carey as made from 1940 to 1960, with 60 in the column read as percent asbestos.2
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What each document says
Every statement about Firefoil (Philip Carey) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)
- Made from: “produced 1940 to 1960”, said by The Celotex Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 61
- Made until: “produced 1940 to 1960”, said by The Celotex Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 61
- Asbestos content: “60% asbestos”, said by The Celotex Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 61
- Form: “Board and Panel”, said by The Celotex Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 61
- 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. 61
The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)
Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “corrugated asbestos paper used in bulkheads, air conditioning, oven enclosures”, p. 774
Kind of product
We list Firefoil (Philip Carey) 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, HVAC, Refrigeration, and Appliance Workers.
Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by Philip Carey (26)
Careytemp · Careycel · Aircel · Careystone · Thermo-board · Carey · Careybesto-Board · Careyflex · Careysote · Careystone Colonial Clapboard Siding · Coverall Board · Fire-chex 325 · Formboard · Industrial A-c Board · Marine Panel · No. 1 Hard · Roll Board · Rustic Shakes · Shake Shield · Shasta Snow · and 6 more on the company's page
Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (357)
Flexboard (Johns-Manville) · Thermobestos · Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Asbestocel (Johns-Manville) · Face Span (Johns-Manville) · Facespan (Johns-Manville) · Ferobestos (J. W. Roberts Ltd (Turner & Newall)) · Fiber-Shake (Supradur) · Fiber-Shake Sidewall Shingle (Supradur) · Fine Corrugated Asbestocel (Johns-Manville) · Fire Felt (Johns-Manville) · Flat Transite (Johns-Manville) · Flexite (Johns-Manville) · Flintite (Flintkote) · Flintite (Orangeburg) · Fluid-Tite (CertainTeed) · Fluid-Tite (Keasbey & Mattison) · Follansbee Terne (Follansbee Steel) · Frycor (Owens-Corning) · and 337 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet
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
- Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 6.
- The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 5.
- Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981 (July 1, 1981), p. 20.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 77. Not yet published in our library.
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