  We find evidence for dust in the intervening QSO absorbers from the spectra
of QSOs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 1. No evidence is found
for the 2175 A feature which is present in the Milky Way dust extinction curve.
The extinction curve resembles the SMC extinction curve. The observed
Delta(g-i) excess for QSOs with strong absorption systems appears to be a
result of the reddening due to dust in the intervening absorbers.
