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1 Again, these are replete. In 1975 Dr. 2 Selikoff described four West Coast cases of 3 mesothelioma to Ford Motor Company. 4 Again, you heard about the dear colleague 5 letter that Dr. Dement talked about, and you also 6 remember the Rohl study. Asbestos exposure during 7 brake lining maintenance and repair funded by Ford. 8 Recommended stringent industrial hygiene 9 measures to control exposure be implemented as rapid 10 as possible. Proportion of dust from approximately 11 two to 15 percent. 12 This is the one where Ford said they knew, 13 they reviewed the document. They knew in Baltimore 14 and New York people were using compressed air to blow 15 out brake drum dust, that they have repeatedly said in 16 their own internal documents don't do it, it is bad, 17 it is toxic, it is hazardous, don't do it. We know 18 everybody else is doing it. What do we do about it? 19 Nothing. 20 They did as much later in 1980, but just 21 think about it. That is why they are negligent,