The information provided in these answers to inter rogatories is based upon such information as is presently available to Abex, and Abex expressly reserves the right to supplement or amend these answers when and if additional rele vant information or documentation is discovered.

Asbestos fibers were identified before 1940 as being associated with occupational disease.

Based upon the limited information PlaintifFhas provided thus far, ASARCO is not aware of any potential parties to this action.

Furthermore, this interroga tory seeks information with respect to a great number of time periods during which plaintiff could not have been exposed.

to health, and asbestos is no exception.

Mereness Executive Director Asbestos Information Association/NA Suite 402 1835 K Street, N.W.

That is the period in which we find ourselves now with asbestos fiber.

Vie request the <D-i* * .I- Iivr,.f ASBESTOS INFORMATION ASSOCIATION/ North America 1835 K Street, N.

' ; \ FWISI 06264 Recommended Procedures for Sampling and Counting Asbestos Fibers Procedures for llie Evaluation of Occupational Exposures to Airborne Asbestos i Joint AIHA-ACGIH Aerosol Hazards Evaluation Committee ibrous asbestos has been FIDENTIFIED as the causative agent of asbestosis and has been associated with an increased cancer incidence.

The information provided in these answers to inter rogatories is based upon such information as is presently available to Abex, and Abex expressly reserves the right to supplement or amend these answers when and if additional rele vant information or documentation is discovered.

Subject to and without these objections, Abex or its corporate predecessors were members of the following trade associations: Asbestos Information Association of North America (1975-1980) and the Brake Lining Manufacturing Association from an unknown date until 1949.

I NORTH AMERICA ASBESTOS INFORMATION ASSOCIATION 1745 Jefferson Davis Highway.

Asbestos Information Association/North America 22 East 40th Street New York, N.

That is the period in which we find ourselves now with asbestos fiber.

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