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Accoustone (U.S. Gypsum)

Accoustone was a U.S. Gypsum ceiling tile.1,2 An insurance company's 1981 list of asbestos products, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, lists it under U.S. Gypsum as a ceiling tile made from 1966 to 1975.1

A 1990 EPA notice that published what U.S. Gypsum reported spells the name Acoustone and lists two of its ceiling tiles, both produced in Gypsum, Ohio: Acoustone 180, from 1966 to 1975, and Acoustone 120, from 1968 to 1976.2

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What each document says

Every statement about Accoustone (U.S. Gypsum) in the documents, in each document's own words.

The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)

  • Made from: “66”, p. 31
  • Form: “CEILING TILE”, p. 31
  • Made until: “75”, p. 31

Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)

  • Made at: “Acoustone 180 ceiling tile was produced 1966 to 1975 in Gypsum, OH” (the plant: Gypsum, Ohio), said by United States Gypsum Company, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 182
  • Made at: “Acoustone 120 ceiling tile was produced 1968 to 1976 in Gypsum, OH” (the plant: Gypsum, Ohio), said by United States Gypsum Company, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 182
  • Form: “ceiling tile”, said by United States Gypsum Company, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 182

United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Dikun v. Armstrong World Industries (1986)

  • Made from: “ACOUSTONE 180: First Produced 1966”, p. 493
  • Made at: “ACOUSTONE 180: 1966-1976, Walworth, WI” (the plant: Walworth, Wisconsin), p. 493
  • Made at: “ACOUSTONE 180: 1966-1976, Gypsum, OH” (the plant: Gypsum, Ohio), p. 493
  • Made at: “ACOUSTONE 120: 1967-1975, Walworth, WI” (the plant: Walworth, Wisconsin), p. 493
  • Made at: “ACOUSTONE 120: 1967-1975, Gypsum, OH” (the plant: Gypsum, Ohio), p. 493
  • Made from: “ACOUSTONE 120: First Produced 1967”, p. 493
  • Made until: “ACOUSTONE 120: Last Produced 1975”, p. 493
  • Asbestos content: “Approximately 3% by volume”, p. 603
  • Form: “ACOUSTONE 120: Ceiling Tile”, p. 493
  • Form: “ACOUSTONE 180: Ceiling Tile”, p. 493
  • Made until: “ACOUSTONE 180: Last Produced 1976”, p. 493
  • Asbestos content: “Approximately 3% by volume”, p. 603

United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Master Interrogatories in the Northern District of Oklahoma

  • Made at: “ACOUSTONE 180: 1966-1976, Gypsum, OH” (the plant: Gypsum, Ohio), p. 424
  • Made from: “ACOUSTONE 180: First Produced 1966”, p. 424
  • Made at: “ACOUSTONE 180: 1966-1976, Walworth, WI” (the plant: Walworth, Wisconsin), p. 424
  • Made from: “ACOUSTONE 120: First Produced 1967”, p. 424
  • Made at: “ACOUSTONE 120: 1967-1975, Gypsum, OH” (the plant: Gypsum, Ohio), p. 424
  • Made at: “ACOUSTONE 120: 1967-1975, Walworth, WI” (the plant: Walworth, Wisconsin), p. 424
  • Made until: “Ceiling Tile: Last Date of Manufacture 1976”, p. 524
  • Asbestos content: “Approximately 3% by volume”, p. 514
  • Form: “ACOUSTONE 180: Ceiling Tile”, p. 424
  • Form: “ACOUSTONE 120: Ceiling Tile”, p. 424
  • Asbestos content: “Approximately 3% by volume”, p. 514
  • Made until: “ACOUSTONE 180: Last Produced 1976”, p. 424
  • Description: “Reason for discontinuation (Ceiling Tile): II. Cost of Compliance with proposed lower OSHA standards within the plant.”, p. 524
  • Made until: “ACOUSTONE 120: Last Produced 1975”, p. 424

See also

References

  1. The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 3.
  2. Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 18.
  3. United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Dikun v. Armstrong World Industries (September 8, 1986), p. 49.
  4. United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Master Interrogatories in the Northern District of Oklahoma (June 20, 1988), p. 42.

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