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(Drislane - Purcell) 94 1 A Just a -- a word put there to designate the 2 committee. 3 Q What did the committee do to study asbestos? 4 MR. FRIESTEDT: Objection, asked and answered. 5 A Find out what the proposed regulations were going 6 to do and then give input to the regulators expressing an 7 industry viewpoint and keep the members informed. 8 Q Did the committee ever design any research or 9 study of asbestos? 10 A No. 11 Q Did they ever sponsor any kind of health study 12 regarding asbestos? 13 A No. 14 Q To yourknowledge, was any proposal that the 15 committee engage in any of this type of activity ever made 16 and rejected at any committee meeting? 17 A I don't believe so. 18 Q What was the source of informationabout asbestos 19 that the Asbestos Study Committee relied upon in its work? 20 A Well, the New York Times. You can read the papers 21 Tt was very simple^ "Ahd~then~ you read-the---~-ma-inta-i-ned-,--we-- 22 watched the Federal Register. Every time the Federal 23 Register had anything about asbestos in there the information A.S.E. Reporting Service (518) 458-1091