Document 5wJz6p7JDynGdQ5aVd3de15
1 asbestos and mesothelioma, pleural mesothelioma was
Page 286
2 established in 1960. 1960, mesothelioma and
3 asbestos.
4 If you look at those earlier papers from the
5 '30s, '40s, the '50s, there was no association.
6 I use the word asbestos loosely.
7 Mr. Ignatowski had a cart up here this
8 morning to talk about the different types of
9 asbestos.
10 In 1960 this guy in South Africa -- and
11 South Africa is rich with minerals. They have.got
12 gold. They have got diamonds, and they have got
13 asbestos and that is why --
14 THE COURT: Seven minutes.
15 MR. McGOWAN: -- they have been exploited
16 for centuries.
17 What happened in 1960, there was a different
18 type of asbestos mine and I am going to refer to it as
19 blue asbestos, and that is crocidolite.
20 I am abbreviating it, I am running out of
21 time. Blue asbestos.