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TRANSCRIPT 2.23.06 (DF. OPENING).txt 8 MR. FOURNIE: PAGE 339 OF THIS TEXT IS THE 9 HEADING OF BRAKE REPAIR WORKERS. ON PAGE 340 OF THE 10 TEXT, WE WILL SEE IF WE CAN GET THIS UP. I'M 11 REFERRING TO THE FIRST FULL PARAGRAPH WHERE IS SAYS, 12 "OUR FIBER BURDEN STUDIES ARE IN ACCORD WITH 13 EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES WHICH HAVE FAILED TO 14 DEMONSTRATE AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN EXPOSURE TO 15 ASBESTOS AS AN AUTOMOTIVE MECHANIC AND THE 16 DEVELOPMENT OF MESOTHELIOMA. THE LACK OF SIGNIFICANT 17 RISK OF ASBESTOS RELATED DISEASES AMONG BRAKE REPAIR 18 WORKERS AND THEIR LOW PULMONARY ASBESTOS CONTENT ARE 19 APPARENTLY RELATED TO THE NATURE OF BRAKE DUST. IT 20 CONTAINS A LOW LEVEL OF ASBESTOS, ABOUT ONE PERCENT, 21 MOST OF WHICH IS SHORT CHRYSOTILE FIBERS LESS THAN 22 ONE MICRON IN LENGTH. THE CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE OF 23 MOST OF THE CHRYSOTILE IN THE DUST HAS BEEN ALTERED 24 DUE TO THE HEAT GENERATED DURING THE BRAKING PROCESS. RENEE' L. JACKSTADT, CSR 31 1 EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS STUDIES HAVE CONFIRMED THE LACK 2 OF FIBROGENIC AND CARCINOGENIC POTENTIAL OF SHORT 3 ASBESTOS FIBERS." THAT IS WHAT IS IN THE LITERATURE 4 IN 2004. 5 WE HEARD A LOT FROM MR. GIANARIS AND MR. MUDD'S 6 OPENING STATEMENT ABOUT ABEX. ABOUT WHAT THEIR 7 CONDUCT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AND HOW BAD IT WAS. BUT 8 WE DID NOT HEAR VERY MUCH AT ALL ABOUT THE 9 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ASBESTOS DISEASE AND BRAKE DUST, 10 BECAUSE THERE ISN'T ANY EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES Page 28