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Page 3249 1 1930s and '40s and '50s to today, that it was ethical 2 not to tell people back then, but today that is not 3 ethical? 4 A No. The ethics then were to correct the 5 problem when they found a problem and to resolve that 6 problem, but often it was not meaningful in the words 7 of our much more paternalistic forbearers as it were 8 to have advised the workers of each and every nuance 9 of an effect in a particular area. 10 It wasn't right, but that is what was going 11 on. 12 Q Well, Doctor, I understand it wasn't right, 13 and I also understand that that is what was going on, 14 but it is true, is it not, sir, that whether it was 15 the 1960s, '50s, '40s, '30s or whenever, that it was 16 desirable at that time to give workers a sane 17 appreciation of whatever risks they were encountering 18 at the workplace, such as from asbestos? 19 A If, in fact, it was reasonably considered 20 that those circumstances represented a risk, that is 21 correct, sir.