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The increased lifetime risk of death from asbestos exposure for particular air concentrations is a calculable quantity, and is often considerably less than the risk of death from other substances such as smoking, saccharin in soft drinks, chest X-rays, aflatoxin in peanut butter, and radiation from living in a brick house. Two studies conducted 12 years apart by different researchers – Slovic et al. (1990) and Johnson (2002) – reached similar findings on the value of a defendant offering such risk comparison information in an asbestos trial…