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RESPONSE: GM does not know of any study that establishes that potential exposure to asbestos during brake repair operations constitutes a health hazard. There are many published articles that establish that mechanics who perform brake repair are not excessively exposed to asbestos and they do not have any increased risk of disease. The list of articles includes the following: 1. Newhouse, M.L., Sullivan, K.R. - "A Mortality Study of Workers Manufacturing Friction Materials: 1941-86." September 19, 1988, British Journal of Industrial Medicine, Volume 49. 2. Moore, L. Lamont - "Asbestos Exposure Associated With Automotive Brake Repair In Pennsylvania. " American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, Volume 49 (1988). 3. Lippmann, Morton - "Asbestos Exposure Indices." Institute of Environmental Medicine, New York University Medical Center, July 18, 1987. 4. Cheng, V.K. I., and O'Kelly, F.J. - "Asbestos Exposure in the Motor Vehicle Repair and Servicing Industry in Hong Kong." J. Soc. Occup. Med., Volume 36 (1986). 5. Schiffman, Mark H., Pickle, Linda., et al. - "Case Control Study of Diet and Mesothelioma in Louisiana." Cancer Research, Volume 48, May 15, 1988. 6. Wong, Otto - "Considerations of Specificity in Assessing The Relationship Between Asbestos and Cancer." American Journal of Industrial Medicine, Volume 23, (1993). 7. Connelly, Roger R., Spirtas, Robert, et al., - "Demographic Patterns for Mesothelioma in the United States." JNCI. Vol. 78, No. 6, June 1987. 8. Rushton, L., Anderson, M.R., and Nagarajah, C.R. - "Epidemiological Survey of Maintenance Workers in London Transport Executive Bus Garages and Chiswick Works." British Journal of Industrial Medicine, Volume 40 (1983). 9. Fischbein, Alf; Rohl, Arthur; Suzuki, Yasunosuke; and Bigman, Oscar - "Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosis in An Automobile Body Shop Worker." Toxicology Letters, 27 (1985). DEFENDANT GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION'S RESPONSES AND OBJECTIONS TO PLAINTIFFS' MASTER INTERROGATORIES AND REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION--Pape 19 30366 03491 LIT 178211