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Page 3566 1 request of Ashland Oil and Shell Oil a couple of years
2 ago?
3 A I am sorry, I don't remember the questioning
4 at all.
5 Q You did state, didn't you, that benzene
6 exposures before 1950, in your opinion, were greater
7 than exposures after that; is that right?
8 A Yes.
9 Q And in your opinion, if someone worked in
10 the petrochemical industry or in a refinery before
11 1950, your opinion is that that person could well be
12 exposed to enough benzene to get a blood system
13 cancer, correct?
14 A It is possible.
15 Q It is possible?
16 A Yes.
17 Q But at least back then in the olden times,
18 before 1950, enough benzene was being released into
19 the air to cause disease in workers, correct?
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20 A In some groups, yes.
21 Q Do you know how much asbestos dust was being