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1 A Yes.
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2 Q Okay. What the investigators did was they
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3 sort of did a systematic evaluation of the four
4 different shipyards to determine whether there was a
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5 problem with respect to asbestos in those shipyards?
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6 A It was certainly a systematic study with
7 some limitations we have talked about.
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8 Q Okay. And the authors -- there was a lot of
9 detail in the report as to how asbestos was used in a
10 shipyard and what different products were used.
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11 Would you agree with that?
12 A Yes.
13 Q And they also discuss some of the
14 precautions that were in effect back in 1946?
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15 A Yes, they did.
16 Q Doctor, you are aware that in 1943 there
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17 were some minimal requirements of safety that were
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18 published for use in shipyards?
19 A Yes, I am.
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20 Q And among the things that were discussed in
21 those minimum safety requirements for Navy shipyards
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