Pyro-Bestos was a U.S. Gypsum pipe covering.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 pipe cover made from 1938, with no end year.1 A 1990 EPA notice that published what U.S. Gypsum reported spells the name Pyrobestos and lists Pyrobestos Pipe Covering Board & Stack Lining, produced from 1936 to 1939 in Jersey City, New Jersey.2
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What each document says
Every statement about Pyro-bestos (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)
Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)
- Made from: “produced 1936 to 1939 in Jersey City, NJ”, said by United States Gypsum Company, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 202
- Made until: “produced 1936 to 1939 in Jersey City, NJ”, said by United States Gypsum Company, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 202
- Form: “Pipe Covering Board & Stack Lining”, said by United States Gypsum Company, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 202
- Made at: “produced 1936 to 1939 in Jersey City, NJ” (the plant: Jersey City, New Jersey), said by United States Gypsum Company, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 202
Asbestos Magazine, 1938, June 1938
- Description: “asbestos pipe coverings for heat insulation”, said by United States Gypsum Co., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), "Trade Marks" column, p. 413
Kind of product
We list Pyro-bestos (U.S. Gypsum) with pipe covering and block insulation and asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, 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, Carpenters and Construction Workers.
Other pipe covering and block insulation by U.S. Gypsum (7)
Pipe covering and block insulation by other makers (269)
Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Kaylo (Owens-Corning) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Prasco (Fibreboard) · Precision Molded Pipe Covering (Fibreboard) · Precision-molded (Ehret/Keene) · Precision-molded (Fibreboard) · Precision-molded (Mundet Cork) · Precision-molded (Philip Carey) · PV Supertemp Block (Eagle-Picher) · Pyrocal (Fibreboard) · Pyrocal (PPG Industries) · Ring-Tite (Johns-Manville) · Ru-ber-oid Watson (Ruberoid) · Rutland Repair Products Ricky Rutland (Rutland Fire Clay Co.) · Rwl-100 (H. K. Porter) · Safety Blow-Off Covering (Johns-Manville) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · and 249 more: all pipe covering and block insulation
Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by U.S. Gypsum (7)
Sheetrock · Glatex · Thermalux · Usg · Siding Shingles · Concord · Sheetrock RH Fillers
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.) · Plasti-Clad (Gold Bond Bldg. Products (National Gypsum)) · Plasticrylic (Gold Bond Bldg. Products (National Gypsum)) · Plia-F-Lex (Gold Bond Bldg. Products (National Gypsum)) · Pliaboard (National Gypsum) · Pps (National Gypsum) · Prenite Packing (B.F. Goodrich) · Promenade Tile (Keasbey & Mattison) · Pyroboard (Keene/Ehret) · Qasal (Champion International) · Quinterra 71 (Johns-Manville) · Ranch Style (National Gypsum) · Reeferite (Johns-Manville) · Rentone (Johns-Manville) · Resistal (Keasbey & Mattison) · Resistal (Nicolet) · 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. 7.
- Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 20.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1938, June 1938 (June 1, 1938), p. 41.
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