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1 mesothelioma, what was the date of that?
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2 A That was in 1972.
3 The other thing in the '70s that was, you
4 know, that was notable, if you look at the history,
5 was the recognition that not only were workers in
6 plants at risk, and insulators or people using the end
7 products or, say, a plasterer, like in this case where
8 you sprayed asbestos-containing plaster, but that
9 people who worked in the vicinity where asbestos was
10 being applied or removed might also be at risk of
11 disease.
12 In these populations they included
13 electricians, carpenters, laborers that swept up the
14 floor, pipefitters and this sort of thing.
15 What was found in these populations, and
16 this occurred during the course of the '70s, was that
17 although their levels of exposure were lower yet than
18 the insulators, and although you rarely saw
19 asbestosis, what you did find were some mesotheliomas,
20 indicating that the level of asbestos required to
21 cause mesothelioma was even lower, particularly if you