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Page 3255 1 Mr. Hoffman went back to the water cooler 2 and got a small cup. I don't have a small cup because 3 I drink a little more than most people, I gather. 4 He asked you was this little cup toxic and 5 your response was water can be toxic. 6 A Yes. 7 Q Why can water be toxic? 8 A Water in three or four quart increments in 9 your stomach in one bolus dose for some reason dilutes 10 the blood, the circulating blood. 11 And you essentially do not have enough 12 oxygen carrying capacity for that interval of time 13 that has diluted the blood because it gets into your 14 gut and rushes to the circulatory system and dilutes 15 the circulatory system in such a way that you do not 16 have enough oxygen to oxygenate your brain. 17 Q Well, let me ask you this: When you told 18 the jury this morning that water could be toxic, were 19 you suggesting that the little cup that Mr. Hoffman 20 held in his hand would kill him? 21 A No, sir.