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Page 665 1 The lung condition resulting from the 2 inhalation of this dust is known as asbestosis and 3 resembles silicosis in its main clinical aspects, but 4 differs due to the enhanced rate of development. 5 Under average industrial conditions, the 6 length of employment in fatal cases is only about 7 one-half that which is usual in silicosis. 8 It is estimated that there are in the United 9 States approximately 10,000 men exposed to the hazard 10 as a result of work in the insulating asbestos cloth 11 and similar industries. 12 The danger of contracting the disease is not 13 influenced by age or sex. Like silicosis, it is 14 incurable and progressive. 15 The cases -- strike that. 16 No minimum safe concentrations have yet been 17 set up. 18 What time are we breaking, Your Honor, at 19 quarter after? 20 THE COURT: Yes. 21 MR. SMITH: This, Your Honor, is our Exhibit