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Page 2058 1 A They published a list of -- called threshold 2 limit values starting in 1946. 3 Q I know we all do this, and I am going to do 4 it, too. I am going to call it the TLV. 5 Is that what it became known as, and is that 6 what it was sometimes referred to as in the medical 7 and scientific literature? 8 A Yes. 9 Q Could you please tell His Honor and ladies 10 and gentlemen of the jury what the TLV meant as it 11 related to asbestos and disease. 12 A Well, the threshold limit values were 13 developed by this committee, a volunteer committee of 14 this organization, and basically what the committee 15 did was reviewed literature, reviewed studies and 16 tried to make a vast determination as to where they 17 thought -- where they would recommend not being 18 exposed in excess of. 19 _ It was simply a guideline for control of 20 hazards in the workplace, a nonregulatory guideline. 21 This is just a voluntary body.