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1 them on the market, you agree with that, don't you?
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2 A It would be reasonable to do, yes.
3 Q Doctor, I want to ask you --
4 MR. IGNATOWSKI: If I may approach the
5 board.
6 THE COURT: Please.
7 A The number of articles that you talked
8 about, let's go back to 1930, and around 1930, 1933,
9 that is when Merewether's article came out, didn't
10 it?
11 Q 1930, it was published, yes.
12 A In 1930.
13 Q Now, we are here in 1996.
14 We all know and there is no dispute, is
15 there, that asbestos is the only thing that causes
16 asbestosis?
17 A That is correct.
18 Q Do you think we knew that in 1930, from your
19 review of the medical literature?
20 You would agree with me, wouldn't you?
21 A I think after Merewether it was known if you