Documents in our library describe Hi-lite (U.S. Gypsum) as “plaster”.1 They give it as made 1930–1974.1,2,3 They put its asbestos content at 6.2% to 6.3%.2,3 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 Hi-lite (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)
United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Dikun v. Armstrong World Industries (1986)
- Made from: “Hi-Lite: First Produced 1955”, p. 462
- Made at: “Hi-Lite: 1955-1972, New Brighton, NY” (the plant: New Brighton, New York), p. 462
- Made at: “Hi-Lite: 1955-1972, Fort Dodge, IA” (the plant: Fort Dodge, Iowa), p. 462
- Made until: “Hi-Lite: Last Produced 1972”, p. 462
- Form: “Acoustical Plaster”, p. 462
- Asbestos content: “6.3% by volume” (as of 1955-03-31), p. 532
- Asbestos content: “6.2% by volume” (as of 1953-06-09), p. 532
United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Master Interrogatories in the Northern District of Oklahoma
- Asbestos content: “6.20% by volume” (as of 1953-06-09), p. 453
- Description: “Reason for discontinuation (Acoustical Plasters): I. Sabinite was replaced by Audicote and Hi-Lite in the marketplace. Audicote and Hi-Lite were discontinued because the low profitability of these products did not justify the expense of research efforts to reformulate without asbestos.”, p. 523
- Made until: “Acoustical Plasters: Last Date of Manufacture 1974”, p. 523
- Asbestos content: “6.30% by volume” (as of 1955-03-31), p. 453
Kind of product
Trades that worked with products like it: Drywall Finishers, Plasterers, and Painters.
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.
- United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Dikun v. Armstrong World Industries (September 8, 1986), pp. 46, 53.
- United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Master Interrogatories in the Northern District of Oklahoma (June 20, 1988), pp. 45, 52.
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