Documents in our library describe Glatex (U.S. Gypsum) as “cement siding”.1 They give it as made 1937–1970.1,2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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Asbestos claims
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What each document says
Every statement about Glatex (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)
Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981
Asbestos Magazine, 1940, September 1940
- Description: “Asbestos Cement Shingles and Siding”, said by United States Gypsum Co., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), "Trade Marks" column, p. 353
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “asbestos-cement roofing & shingle” (as of 1953), p. 814
Kind of product
We list Glatex (U.S. Gypsum) 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, Roofers.
Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by U.S. Gypsum (7)
Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (376)
Flexboard (Johns-Manville) · Thermobestos · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Fluid-Tite (Keasbey & Mattison) · Follansbee Terne (Follansbee Steel) · Formboard (Philip Carey) · Frycor (Owens-Corning) · Fyrbestos (Keene/Beh) · Galbestos (H.H. Robertson) · Gasket Quality (Ruberoid) · Gold Bond (Asbestone) · Gothic (Eternit, Inc.) · Gothic (maker not given) · Gothic (Ruberoid) · Grain-Tex (maker not given) · Granostruct (Cement Asbestos Products Co. (Capco)) · Granowall (Cement Asbestos Products Co. (Capco)) · Hansonite (Baldwin-Ehret-Hill) · and 356 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet
See also
- U.S. Gypsum: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- U.S. Gypsum 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. 5.
- Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981 (July 1, 1981), p. 20.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1940, September 1940 (September 1, 1940), p. 35.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 81. Not yet published in our library.
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