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Page 3388 1 A Well, they are concerned with disease, and 2 cancer certainly is a disease. 3 But the understanding at that time was that 4 if you prevented asbestosis, you would likewise 5 prevent lung cancer. 6 Later on when the values came down, it was 7 because of cancer. 8 Q All right. And we know now, in 1996, that 9 those levels were too high; is that correct? 10 A Oh, yes. 11 Q Way too high? 12 A Significantly too high. 13 Q Doctor, we talked about the '50s. 14 Was there any epidemiological studies in the 15 1950s that made the association between exposure to 16 asbestos and mesothelioma? 17 A No. 18 Q Well, let's go into the 1960s. 19 Tell us anything of significance that 20 happened in the '60s? 21 A The most significant thing was a report in