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1 knows no boundaries. Page 1036 1 j 2 If it is, in fact, airborne asbestos, the 3 potential hazard for asbestosis is wherever it is. 4 BY MS. TOSTANOSKI: 5 Q Could you describe briefly bearing inmind J j| \ 6 the hour of the day the reason why one used asbestos 7 fibers in hydrous calcium silicates? I 8 A The insulation products were subject to ! 9 physical damage breaking, cracking. j 10 Asbestos was used as a reinforcing medium in ! 11 the formulation of calcium silicate, and 85 percent 12 magnesium. ; 13 And it had superior properties in that ! 14 regard, in that it resisted face change to extremely 15 high temperatures. j 16 Q . And based upon your rather extensive 17 experience at least during the 1950s, I take it there 18 was an absence of a satisfactorily commercially 19 feasible alternative to asbestos fibers at least to 20 the high temperature insulation? ; 21 A That is correct, to the best of my