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1 Q Do you know why they would be there? Page 2631 2 A Well, they would be in, I guess, compliance 3 or following EPA guidance of suggesting to people that 4 they take proper precautions when dealing with 5 asbestos-containing material. 6 Q Did you follow a certain methodology and 7 have a protocol for the testing of these products? 8 A Yes, we did. 9 Q Can you describe briefly the outline of what 10 that was? 11 A We were interested in testing these specific 12 products during specific activities. 13 There are other publications which deal with 14 brake shops and so on, but there the question may 15 be -- there may be other sources of asbestos in the 16 environment, too. 17 What I was interested in looking at were 18 these specific things doing specific tasks. So we 19 looked at the question of, are fibers released during 20 sanding, filing and grinding of the brake shoes and 21 pads, and during the sweeping of debris and dust