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1 any epidemiological study on the use of, use or 2 servicing of asbestos-containing brake or 3 clutch products? 4 A Not to my knowledge. 5 Q Since you've left Ford in 2002, do 6 you keep current on the medical and scientific 7 literature regarding asbestos health issues? 8 A I have, yes. 9 Q How do you do that? 10 A I've gotten information, like I said 11 before, from the epidemiology, from the 12 industrial hygiene studies that are going on 13 through the, out of the Ford literature. 14 And then at the request, you get 15 online and do a lot of things to see if there 16 is anything new. That's pretty much it. I 17 talked to some of the colleagues in the area. 18 Q What model year did Ford first 19 introduce asbestos-free brake products? 20 A Asbestos-free? What model year? It 21 depends. I don't know specifically, but it 22 would depend on the vehicle. 23 Q What's the earliest that you recall 24 that Ford produced a vehicle that used asbestos 25 free brake materials? Page 74 |