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INTERROGATORY-; NO.. 31;
Please state whether or not you
ever obtained any knowledge concerning the likelihood of
asbestos inhalation.being hazardous to health, and if so,
state when the corporation first became aware of the hazardous
potential of asbestos and its products. State how the
Defendant first obtained this knowledge and became.so aware
of said hazards and from what source this information was
obtained.
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ANSWER: Defendant denies that its asbestos products are hazardous
Defendant is unable to say when it "first became aware of the
hazardous potential Of asbestos". Defendant's medical director
obtained knowledge of the hazards of asbestos from a book "The
Pneumoconiosis" by A. J. Lanza, M.D., published in 1963.
INTERROGATORY MO. 32: Please state whether or net any governmental agency has ever written letters to Defendant pertaining to the likelihood of injury to persons being exposed to asbestos and asbestos related materials of the Defendant. If so, identify each document relating to said letters.
ANSWER: To our knowledge, none.