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Px DR. SUSKIND Transcript, February 19, 1986: "Q. It has been made a major foundation stone in the position that Monsanto and other companies responsible for the manufacture of TCDD have given to the world saying don't worry about what TCDD will do because within a few years, the (p. 92) health effects such as aches and pains and fatigue, all these things, and nervousness, all of these things will go away except in a few cases, isn't that correct, sir? "A. Correct." (p. 93) "Q. Doctor, if the world has perceived and at least half of the literature refers to health effects, the population study, if the world had relied upon something that is untrue, if in fact an overwhelming majority of-the workers, 90 percent of the workers or 75 percent of the workers continued to complain of aches and pains and nervousness and fatigue four years after their exposure, contrary to what you said, the edifice upon which that foundation stone is based would also be faulty, wouldn't it, sir? A. If indeed we had reported it wrong. (p. 93) DR. SUSKIND Transcript, February 19, 1986: ' '"Q. You discovered that in 1953. You wrote the article in 1980, Doctor. In 1980 when you wrote the article which the world read and believed, you knew at that time that 27 out of 29 workers continued to complain of these problems, did you not, sir? "A. We did know it." (p. 175) Transcript, March 7, 1986: "Q. And, Doctor, you told the world that these problems had gone away except in a few cases, isn't that right, sir? "A. Yes, sir. "Q. And you wanted the world to rely upon the statements that you made, correct, sir? "A. I made those statements, sir." (p. 120) "Q. My question goes to the entire world, Doctor. You do expect the entire world to rely upon what you say, don't you, sir? "A. I hope so." (p. 122)