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1 They wanted to know these guys putting the 2 pipecovering in the ship, are they going to get 3 asbestos. Do you know what the answer was? No, that 4 was a safe occupation. 5 Now, Ms. Tostanoski is going to talk more 6 about that. That was in 1946 that report came out. 7 It is safe. End users, people who actually install 8 day in and day out the product are fine. 9 The problem is the people who mine this 10 stuff and the problem is who make the raw product, 11 they can be in trouble. 12 That was the thinking up until the mid 13 '60s. This is known as state of the art. These are 14 things I think were left out during the plaintiffs' 15 opening that I want you to know about and I am going 16 to go into more detail during trial. 17 1953, Owens-Corning was selling 18 fiberglass. Fiberglass is good, but it is not that 19 good. If you go up to 450 degrees and anything after 20 it, the fiberglass will melt and drip and burn you. 21 What they needed is a product that could Page 277