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Page 1117 1 same insulators, one of the risks of their trade was a 2 disease of asbestosis? 3 A Of course. They had no substitute. They 4 had to have something to insulate high temperature 5 pipes. 6 BY MR. SMITH: 7 Q You agreed with that, but my question was, 8 do you agree that you had known since the 1940s that 9 the asbestos workers who were using the asbestos 10 pipecovering materials were at risk of getting 11 asbestosis? 12 A No, you mean what would I have done about 13 it? 14 Q Not what you would have done. You had known 15 that that risk existed? 16 A Yeah, I think so. 17 Q And that was one that you knew during the 18 time that you were an assistant to the president of 19 Owens-Corning when you were at Toledo, correct? 20 A Right. 21 Q And that knowledge then, is consistent with