- US Asbestos Consumption
- Asbestos Products
Asbestos Products
| Product | Location | % Asbestos | Dates of Use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roofing & Siding | |||
| Roofing felts | Flat, built up roofs | 10-15 | 1910-present |
| Roof felt shingles | Roofs | 1 | 1971-1974 |
| Roofing shingles | Roofs | 20-32 | ?-present |
| Roofing Tiles | Roofs | 20-30 | 1930-present |
| Siding shingles | Siding | 12-14 | ?-present |
| Clapboards | Siding | 12-15 | 1944-1945 |
| Walls & Ceilings | |||
| Sprayed coating | Ceilings, walls, and
steelwork |
1-95 | 1935-1978 |
| Troweled coating | Ceilings, walls | 1-95 | 1936-1978 |
| Asbestos-cement sheet | Near heat sources such as fireplaces, boilers | 20-50 | 1930-present |
| Spackle | Walls, ceilings | 3-5 | 1930-1978 |
| Joint compounds | Walls, ceilings | 3-5 | 1945-1977 |
| Textured paints | Walls, ceilings | 4-15 | ?-1978 |
| Millboard, rollboard | Walls, commercial buildings | 80-85 | 1925-? |
| Vinyl wallpaper | Walls | 6-8 | ? |
| Insulation board | Walls | 30 | ? |
| Floors | |||
| Vinyl-asbestos tile | Floors | 21 | 1950-1980? |
| Asphalt-asbestos tile | Floors | 26-33 | 1920-1980? |
| Resilient sheet flooring | Floors | 30 | 1950-1980? |
| Mastic adhesives | Sheet flooring and tile backing | 5-25 | 1945-1980? |
| Pipes & Boilers | |||
| Cement pipe and fittings | Water and sewer mains | 20-? | 1935-present |
| Block insulation | Boilers | 6-15 | 1890-1978 |
| Preformed pipe wrap | Pipes | 50 | 1926-1975 |
| Corrugated asbestos paper | Pipes, high temp., moderate temp. | 90
35-70 |
1935-1980?
1910-1980? |
| Paper tape | Furnaces, steam valves, flanges, electrical wiring | 80 | 1901-1980? |
| Putty (mudding) | Plumbing joints | 20-100 | 1900-1973 |
| Other Products | |||
| Gaskets/Packing | Pipe flanges, boiler doors, valves, pumps | 10-80 | 1900-1980s |
| Cloth/Blankets | Welding accessory, pipe insulation, curtains, clothing | 40-100 | 1900-1985 |
| Clothing (gloves, mittens, sleeves, aprons, coats, jackets, pants, hoods, spats) | Heat and fire resistant protective clothing | 40-100 | 1900-1985 |
| cement/mortar | Used as a castable insulation on furnaces, pipes, boilers, brick | 5-100 | 1900-1975 |
| metal-clad firebrick | Found in Open Health Furnaces and Basic Oxygen Furnaces | 10 | 1950-1980s |
| gunnite/fire-proofing spray | Sprayed onto furnaces as well as structural steel for fireproofing protection | 20-75 | 1900-1980s |
| hot-tops (ingot mold covers and inserts) | Used with ingot molds in the steel pouring process | 10-80 | 1960-1980 |