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160 1 Q Would you tall the jury, please, what your opinicn 2 is? 2 A Wall, I will skip the ancient world, because it was 4 noticed in fact in ancient tines that slaves who 5 worked with asbestos died froa it. But in the nodern 6 literature, the literature really starts around the 7 year 1900, which is very shortly after the beginning 3 of the modem asbestos industry in this western 9 industrial society. And at that very first , 10 publication, which is the inspector of factory 11 reports for the year 1893, published in the year 12 1900, it was noticed that breathing asbestos dust vas 13 a harmful and dangerous kind of workplace. 5o I 14 would have to say, in answer to your question; that 15 from the very first notice of it it was understood 16 that breathing asbestos dust would cause ham to 17 people. 18 Q That first article, vas that the first article, the 19 1900 article, that you aade reference to in your 20 bibliography? 21 A Yes, that's the very first entry. 22 Q What kind tof people are harmed by asbestos as 23 reflected in the medical articles? 24 A well, any human baling that breathes asbestos fiber. 25 Asbestos disease is a disease of asbestos breathers. SMM2121