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1 cancer of the lung is rising rather than falling.
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2 MS. TOSTANOSKI: I want to continue
3 briefly.
4 Now, where do we go from here? Are those
5 figures sufficient to indicate a causal relationship
6 between the retention of asbestos dust in the lungs
7 and subsequent cancer of the lung?
8 That is it.
9 MR. IGNATOWSKI: The small numbers certainly
10 dictate caution.
11 Nevertheless, they represent the great
12 majority of the deaths from asbestosis which have
13 occurred in the United Kingdom during the past quarter
14 of a century.
15 Anything else from that, Ms. Tostanoski?
16 MS. TOSTANOSKI: No.
17 MR. SMITH: Start on the first full
18 paragraph.
19 MR. IGNATOWSKI: Regarding thesecancer
20 cases, the mean age of death I said was 53.4 years.
21 Now, the occupations involved are somewhat