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1 A Well, before completing my Bachelor's Page 2002 2 degree, I actually worked for two years on a full-time 3 summer and part-time during the winter during the 4 school year with the Environmental Protection Agency 5 and really began to learn a little bit about asbestos 6 at that time, but in 1971 when I joined the Public 7 Health Service on a full-time basis, that is when my 8 intense research began. 9 Q Now, as part of your research and yourwork 10 for the government, did you do field visits? 11 A Yes. 12 Q And what are field visits? 13 We are going to hear a little bit about 14 industrial hygiene studies during your testimony and 15 some of the devices that have been used and field 16 visits. 17 Could you explain what field visits are? 18 A Well, industrial hygienists in order to do 19 their work have to go to the workplace, so field 20 industrial hygiene involves usually a visit to the 21 work site to assess the types of work being done, and