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World Trade Organization, European Communities--Measures Affecting Asbestos and Asbestos-Containing Products, 2000 VVGH.U> TkADK OrOAN'IZATIOM ga-iraj______ EliKOS'EArN COMMUNITIES MEASVHfCS AFFliOWO ASBESTOffAND ASBESTOS - containing erodocts Dr. Douglas Henderson: "When one is faced with multiple exposures to asbestos, the following points emerge, specifically for mesothelioma induction, provided that the characteristics and time for each exposure are appropriate for a biological effect: (i) it is not valid to point to one exposure among the others and incriminate it as the sole cause of a mesothelioma, with exoneration of the other exposures; (ii) it is not valid to point to one exposure and exonerate it from a causative role in the development of a mesothelioma, and to incriminate all the others ... In such circumstances, it is not the presence or absence of an effect that is in question, but the magnitude of each effect in proportion to the others."