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Page 226 1 In 1943 what Owens-Illinois decides to do, 2 they desire to hire a lab to look at Kaylo to see if 3 there are any problems. 4 You are going to hear a little bit about the 5 Saranac labs, both with regard to Owens-Illinois and 6 Owens-Corning Fiberglas. 7 They hired them because they wanted to find 8 out what the health hazards were to those involved in 9 manufacturing Kaylo and, very important, to 10 applicators or erectors at point of use. 11 Again, in 1943 U.E. Bowes, he is director of 12 research and you are going to hear his name a lot, and 13 we are not talking about some guy sitting in a little 14 room, this guy is the director of research, and he 15 looks at -- they are looking at animal experiments at 16 the Saranac Lab. 17 March 12 of 1943, they get a report back 18 and what they tell Mr. Bowes, the director of research 19 is, "The fact that you are starting with a mixture of 20 quartz and asbestos would certainly suggest that you 21 have all of the ingredients for a first class hazard.