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1 Corning considered its responsibility to test the Page 1077 j 2 fiberglass before they marketed it to determine if j 3 there was any health hazard? 1 4 A We started that early, yes, sure. i 5 Q Is that right? 6 A Yes. j j 7 Q In the 1940s you conducted a number of tests j 8 of the products to determine whether or not it would i 9 hurt people when they breathed the fiberglass? i 10 A They didn't breathe it. They couldn't j 11 breathe it. You can't breathe it. | 12 Q In any event, you did some tests to j 13 determine if there was any harmful effects of the 14 product. I 15 A Because we were trying to get rid of the \ 16 itch. We were making finer fiber and things that j 17 didn't stick in you. The reason it itches is because 18 the damn fiber would stick in you. j i 19 Q But you determined that that was simply a | 20 nuisance and it would not really hurt something? j 21 A No, we didn't feel it was a danger j