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1 industrial hygiene study of an asbestos textile plant
Page 1996
2 located in Charleston, South Carolina.
3 It is the oldest asbestos processing plant
4 in the United States, and I looked at exposures among
5 these populations going back to 1940 and looked at
6 mortality and causes of death and looked at an
7 exposure response, that is, trying to measure how much
8 disease was generated by how much exposure in the
9 workplace.
10 Q Was there a particular type of fiber that
11 was'used at that plant?
12 A This was a plant that used a type of
13 asbestos known as chrysotile asbestos. Largely came
14 from Canada.
15 Q Did you publish that particular paper once
16 you had completed your Ph.D.?
17 A Yes. There has been a number of
18 publications based on that research. The original
19 publication back in about 1980, '81, '83 and then some
20 additional follow-up later.
21 Q So you have continued to follow that group