Document 3exOOwRYwzba379oY891rZ1Q6

Page 3171 1 They really should be using something like 2 10, but I will accept and will concur with that 3 because that is the law. 4 Q And, in fact, you concurred with that in 5 your own study at the University of Texas because that 6 is the size fibers that you started counting? 7 A Well, those are the measuring criteria, so 8 we would certainly use those criteria, yes, sir. 9 Q But you do not agree with OSHA in the 10 current TLV standards that they establish, do you? 11 A I think -- well, you say I don't agree. I 12 will certainly abide by the one-tenth fiber per cubic 13 centimeter that was established in 1994. 14 I don't think that it represents a fine line 15 of demarcation between that level that will cause 16 disease, however, no, because certainly not even two 17 fibers per cubic centimeter will cause disease. So 18 they are being very conservative and very, very 19 protective using that level. 20 Q So you would disagree with the level that 21 they have established for causing disease? So you