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Opening remarks re: Ford knowledge: Schellenberger: 17 Do you remember I told you earlier that Ford 18 Motor Company -- that Owens-Illinois, excuse me, was a 19 member of the Industrial Hygiene Foundation? Guess 20 who else was a member? Guess who else was a member? 21 '48 Ford receives an issue of the National 1 Safety News containing an article entitled, 2 Recognition and Control of Fume and Dust Exposure. 3 They had sections on asbestos, and it 4 stated, asbestos used in the formulation of brake 5 lining is a potentially harmful compound. 6 When you are a member of an organization, we 7 all know, you get the publications. They got them. 8 They got them. 1948. We are nine years before Mr. 9 Grewe walks into Foreign Motors. 10 1949 to 1974 they remained a member of the 11 Industrial Hygiene Foundation and early on they would 12 receive an editorial that says asbestos and cancer of 13 the lung. They get those articles early on. 14 In the 1970s, Ford had an industrial 15 hygienist working for them. They are a big company. 16 An industrial hygienist is somebody who is supposed to 17 make sure that the workplace is safe, right? 18 What does Ford's industrial hygienist do? 19 Recommends not blowing asbestos dust with compressed 20 air hose at its brake research center to reduce 21 exposure. 1 Their own people are recommending that. Do 2 you know what is going on in 1970? Mr. Grewe is 3 getting exposed. Mr. Grewe is breathing that dust. 4 March of 70 industrial hygiene supervisor 5 described the dust containing 25 percent asbestos as 6 toxic. 7 Mr. Grewe is getting exposed. 8 1971 industrial hygiene recommends that 9 compressed air not be used. Mr. Grewe is getting 10 exposed. 11 Do they tell him? Do you know when Ford 12 first puts a warning on their box? 1980, ladies and 13 gentlemen, 1980. 14 Look at all of this time that Mr. Grewe is 15 breathing that dust. The medical evidence will show 16 each and every occupational exposure. Each and every 17 occupational exposure is a substantial contributing 18 factor. 19 1975, Ford receives NIOSH letters stating 20 that scientific literature has reported four 21 mesotheliomas in brake service mechanics. 1 All these studies, ladies and gentlemen. 2 Mr. Grewe gets exposed.