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Page 3388 : 1 A Well, they are concerned with disease, and
2 cancer certainly is a disease.
3 But the understanding at that time was that
4 if you prevented asbestosis, you would likewise
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5 prevent lung cancer.
6 Later on when the values came down, it was
7 because of cancer.
8 Q All right. And we know now, in 1996, that
9 those levels were too high; is that correct?
10 A Oh, yes.
11 Q Way too high?
12 A Significantly too high.
13 Q Doctor, we talked about the '50s.
14 Was there any epidemiological studies in the
15 1950s that made the association between exposure to
16 asbestos and mesothelioma?
17 A No. 18 Q Well, let's go into the 1960s. 19 Tell us anything of significance that
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20 happened in the '60s?
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21 A The most significant thing was a report in