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Page 109 1 involved because others had done similar work before me 2 in Italy. So it isn't something I had to guess at 3 whether or not there was much of a hazard here. 4 Q If you were convinced that there was no risk 5 to your health or the health of the other people that 6 were going to take part in these experiments why was it 7 necessary to give them that information? 8 A Well, I think from a practical standpoint this 9 is what society would like to see. And also from a 10 practical standpoint we live in a litigious society. 11 So I think for both reasons it was the right thing to 12 do. 13 Q At the time that the first ingestion study, 14 the study where you drank the chromium was done, had 15 Dr. Zhang's 1997 paper been published? 16 A His first paper? 17 Q No, the second paper. 18 A I don't recall the timing exactly. I thought 19 that Zhang's paper came after we did the study. That's 20 my recollection. 21 Q And all I'm trying to establish is that at the 22 time the studies were done there was at least the -- 23 Let me go ahead and mark it since we're 24 talking about it. 25 (Plaintiffs' Exhibit 7 was marked for ESQUIRE DEPOSITION SERVICES (415) 288-4280