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1 are larger, they are really fiber bundles.
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2 In the electron microscope we divide it into
3 the various components of individual fibers, clusters
4 of fibers, matrix pieces, and we call all of those
5 asbestos structures. So we give a number in terms of
6 asbestos structures per amount of air that we collect,
7 or the amount of air that someone might be breathing.
8 Q Are asbestos fibers categorized by shape or
9 size?
10 A Well, they would be -- there are different
11 types of asbestos fibers. Different types of
12 asbestos.
13 Generally the fibers are characterized in
14 terms of bundles or clusters in terms of shape.
15 Q Back to another point you discussed
16 briefly.
17 You mentioned that there was different
18 approaches for -- different standards used by the EPA
19 and OSHA for fiber size.
20 What are the different fiber sizes that EPA
21 and OSHA looked at?