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1 become asbestos bodies?
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2 A Very small fraction. I don't even know the
3 percent. Some people said less than 10 percent, maybe
4 1 percent of all fibers actually become asbestos
5 bodies.
6 Q Therefore, there would be many more fibers
7 than bodies?
8 A If you see an asbestos body in a person,
9 that means there are hundreds of thousands, I don't
10 know what the correlation is, but for every asbestos
11 body there are many thousands of fibers left uncoated
12 in the lung.
13 MR. SHELLENBERGER: Could I have just one
14 moment, Your Honor?
15 THE COURT: You may.
16 (Whereupon, pause.)
17 BY MR. SHELLENBERGER:
18 Q On cross-examination you mentioned,
19 particularly when we were just talking about the
20 background levels, that you have to worry about people
21 who are highly susceptible to getting cancer when it