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1 air threshold stayed in effect throughout the entire
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2 time period that my client manufactured Kaylo, up
3 through 1958, because that is when we got out of the
4 business.
5 In fact, the ACGIH did not publish its
6 intent to change the threshold limit value until 1968,
7 which is about 10 years after my client got out of the
8 business. And it took about two years to effectuate
9 that.
10 It is a little bit after that time that the
11 Federal Government, through OSHA, comes in and gets
12 involved in regulating exposure to asbestos-
13 containing products.
14 Prior to OSHA, the Federal Government did
15 have some involvement in jobs where government
16 contracts were used, and that was called the Walsh-
17 Healey Public Contracts Act.
18 So if you had a government contract, you had
19 to comply with this TLV on that jobsite.
20 Now, this is precisely the type of evidence
21 that is going to help you evaluate what was known and