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1 .devoted to determining what causes diseases is 2 epidemiology. 3 As I also told you in my opening statement, 4 during the 1980s and 1990s, several large scale 5 studies were done to determine whether garage workers 6 like brake workers were at risk for contracting 7 mesothelioma. 8 Okay. Those were all done in the 1990s -9 1980s and 1990s, and you heard about them. You heard 10 about them from the only -- almost the only 11 epidemiologist who testified in this case. 12 I have to say almost because that is not 13 quite true. 14 The plaintiffs did present Dr. John Dement 15 to testify about epidemiology and, in fact, he was 16 offered as an expert in epidemiology, but, you know, 17 there is something about Dr. Dement that has been 18 troubling me since the day he testified. 19 Do you remember during the part of his 20 testimony where I got to ask him questions about his 21 background and qualifications? Page 3984