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1 A Correct.
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2 Q There is a thing called an asbestos body.
3 Am I correct that is where we have certain
4 minerals in our body that actually attack the asbestos
5 fiber and put a coating around the actual fiber, and
6 that is an asbestos body?
7 A I wouldn't use the word attack, but I would
8 say attach, attach to the asbestos fibers, some small
9 percentage of the fibers can form asbestos bodies,
10 yes.
11 Q Am I correct that the asbestos bodies don't
12 contribute to the mesotheliomas?
13 A I would say that is probably true.
14 Q Now, you mentioned that we all haveasbestos
15 in our lungs.
16 Am I correct that the average person like
17 ourselves who didn't have occupational exposure, we
18 have about a million fibers per every wet gram of
19 lung?
20 A Correct.
21 Q And can you tell the jury how many wet grams