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155 1 you conduct your review of the historical, medical 2 and scientific literature on asbestos and 3 asbestos-related disease? 4 A I reviewed this subject froa a period that started at 5 the end of the last century all the way up until the 6 end of 1965. 7 q Why did you stop in 1965? 8 A Well, it was on the very last day of 1965 that a very 9 big book was published on the -- not the history, but 10 the research on asbestos disease. This was the 11 Annals of the Hew York Academy of Sciences book, and 12 beyond that time, the very last day of 1965, there 13 are few, if any, people who don't acknowledge that 14 the understanding of asbestos-related disease was 15 very widespread in the world. So the interesting 16 historical question was not what was known after 17 1965, but what was known prior to 1965, using that IS publication date as a narking point or a milestone. 19 Q Does that mean that you haven't kept abreast of 20 asbestos since 1965? . 21 A No. 22 The literature, of course, in asbestos is 23 extensive following 1965, and as a practicing public 24 health practitioner and as a teacher and a 25 researcher, I keep up as best I can with that