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1 the catalog saying recommended procedure for handling 2 asbestos brake linings or whatever the title was, something 3 like that. 4 Q Was this not the Institute's view at the time of 5 the OSHA regulations in 1972 on asbestos? 6 MR. FRIESTEDT: Objection. 7 A Nobody gave any thought to it. Or at least I 8 didn't give any thought to it. 9 Q What occurred in the approximately six years 10 between OSHA's regulation of asbestos and the point in time 11 approximately when you believed the FMSI developed this 12 viewpoint that anyone working on brakes needs protection from 13 asbestos? 14 MR. FRIESTEDT: Objection. 15 A Oh, gradually as OSHA came out with their proposed 16 regulations and the first regulation might have been the 17 maximum of five fibers per CC or something like that 18 effective some date maybe 1992 or '93, we got that 19 information out to our members. And then when they dropped 20 it down to two fibers or whatever they did, they changed it 21 and then they dropped it down to zero point, all this is
going on continually. I can't give you a cutoff date, but sometime about when OSHA started, OSHA started investigating
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