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1 Q In your opinion, is that a significant Page 1722 2 finding, Dr. Hammar? 3 A That is highly significant. If you were to 4 do statistics on that, that would indicate, if you 5 were to do what is called a P value, a value of 6 probability, how that could happen by chance alone, it 7 would be essentially impossible. 8 Q And have studies been done in the medical 9 and scientific literature, with which you are familiar 10 concerning the incidence of mesothelioma in asbestos 11 exposed populations? 12 A Yes. 13 Q And has Dr. Selikoff done one of those 14 studies ? 15 A Dr. Selikoff and his colleagues. Dr. 16 Selikoff , unfortunately, now is dead. But, the people 17 at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City have 18 studied a group of people and asbestos-related 19 diseases for many, many years. 20 In fact, they started doing that in the 21 early 1960s.