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Page 2017 1 MS. TOSTANOSKI: I have nothing, Your 2 Honor. 3 THE COURT: Mr. Doub? ; 4 MR. DOUB: No, Your Honor. 5 THE COURT: Very well. Dr. Dement will be | 6 permitted to testify in the areas offered. 7 MR. IGNATOWSKI: Thank you, Your Honor. 8 THE COURT: You are welcome. 9 DIRECT EXAMINATION (CONTINUED) 10 BY MR. IGNATOWSKI: 11 Q Dr. Dement, were you involved with the 12 United States' first official attempt to regulate 13 asbestos? 14 A Yes, after the first attempt really after 15 the passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 16 in 1970, yes. 17 Q And was there a document created in 1970? 18 A Well, NIOSH was created after the act, and 19 the first -- one of the things that NIOSH was charged 20 with doing was creating these review documents that 21 review the world's literature on material recommending