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1 THE COURT: Overruled.
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2 MR. DOUB: I believe the evidence will show,
3 and we didn't hear it in opening statements, so I say,
4 I believe the evidence will show they are suing on the
5 basis of a product that Grace made called Zonolite.
6 Zonolite.
7 And I will prove during this trial that
8 Zonolite is nothing but pure vermiculite. In other
9 words, it doesn't have any asbestos added at all.
10 Some of you may know what vermiculite is.
11 Vermiculite is a lightweight mineral. It is a lot
12 like cork. It is very light. It is brown, sometimes
13 gray.
14 You may have seen it is used in potting
15 soil. Maybe some of you, if you are gardeners, used a
16 little vermiculite.
17 It is like cork. And it is used in
18 construction as an aggregate. You all know what an
19 aggregate is.
20 Sometimes if you walk down the street, if
21 you look at the concrete you are walking on, sometimes