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Page 2163 1 actually had industrial consultants that served on the 2 committee, but they didn't vote. 3 Q All right. In fact, that was made up of 4 people who were in government; is that correct? 5 That is why it is called Conference of 6 Government -7 A Partially government. Government and 8 academia. Fair number were from academia. 9 Q You talk about in 1946 they came out with 10 this thing called threshold limit values? 11 A Yes. 12 Q And in 1946 the threshold limit value for 13 asbestos was five million particles per cubic foot; 14 isn't that right? 15 A That is correct. 16 Q Cubic foot is about this big? 17 A That is correct. 18 Q All right. What they said is that you could 19 be exposed to that level over an eight-hour working 20 period, and it was thought to be a safe level. 21 Did they say that?