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1 cancer.
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2 Q What is the basis and reasons for that
3 opinion, Dr. Gabrielson, what you have told the jury
4 here today?
5 A Yes, sir. The understanding that asbestos
6 causes mesothelioma, understanding that it develops
7 over a long period of time and that there are many
8 genetic changes required to produce a cancerous cell.
9 Based on all of that evidence, it is my
10 opinion that all of those asbestos exposures
11 contributed to the development of this cancer.
12 Q I want you to also assume that, beginning in
13 1957 for approximately a month and in 1958 for at
14 least five months, he was exposed to dust created by
15 the use, handling and application of Kaylo
16 pipecovering and also Kaylo block.
17 And that those products were used at
18 jobsites by pipecoverers in his vicinity, and cut and
19 sawed in his vicinity creating asbestos-containing
20 dust which he inhaled.
21 Assume that, again, the material contained