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1 BY MR. SMITH: Page 1032 2 Q And were the special kind of respirators 3 that you have mentioned, the pneumoconionic, if I 4 pronounced that correctly, were they also available 5 and used for that -- for the trimming and slitting and 6 the finishing of the pipecovering material? 7 A Yes, that very kind. 8 MR. SMITH: Thank you. 9 BY MS. TOSTANOSKI: 10 Q Now, when, if at all, did you first become 11 aware of any studies concerning a possible 12 relationship between exposure to asbestos and cancer? 13 A About ayear prior to Selikoff's 14 publications of hisfindings on an investigation of 15 the asbestos workers from the New York and Brooklyn 16 shipyard area. 17 Q So that would have been approximately 1963? 18 A I believe that Selikoff published in '64 and 19 this would have been a year prior to that, if my dates 20 for Selikoff's publications is correct. 21 MR. SMITH: We would like to read a couple