Day 036 - 13 Oct 94 - Page 03

     
     1        Walker; it is No. 4.
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     3   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It is orange IV.
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     5   MR. RAMPTON:  Orange IV.
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     7   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  May he have a copy?  We will have to do a
     8        bit of research to find it.
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    10   MR. RAMPTON:  Dr. Barnard, do you prefer what in this country
    11        we call treasury tags or something like that to hold it
    12        together?
    13        A.  I would leave that to your discretion.  Is this the
    14        complete document?
    15
    16   Q.   Yes, I believe it is, though there may be some pages that
    17        are missing.  I do not believe they are significant.  What
    18        I have done is to make mine a composite of various bits
    19        that I have been given by the Defendants at various
    20        stages.  You will remember, I hope, you were at one stage
         referred to page 157.  Can you just remind yourself?  I
    22        will not read it out, the passage headed Conclusions.
    23        A.  The copy you have handed me has a gap between pages
    24        156 and 169.
    25
    26   Q.   Page, sorry, between?
    27        A.  It stops at 155.  Page 156 is missing.  It does not
    28        pick up again until page 170.
    29
    30   Q.   Do you begin again at 170?
    31        A.  Yes, I do.  Thank you.
    32
    33   Q.   Can you then turn quickly to page 157?
    34        A.  Yes.
    35
    36   Q.   I ask you only this:  Do you recall having your attention
    37        drawn to the section 7, Conclusions?
    38        A.  Yes.
    39
    40   Q.   I cannot remember whether you were asked this, but in
         which case I am going to ask it again.  In your view, is
    42        it likely that we should give weight to the views of a
    43        study group on this topic which did its work under the
    44        aegis of the World Health Organisation?
    45        A.  I think we should certainly consider what they had to
    46        say.
    47
    48   Q.   Can you now, please, turn back then to page 11 in this
    49        document; it is part of the introduction.  I would like
    50        you to look under the heading 1.2:  "Diet related chronic 
    51        diseases, a recently identified problem".  Please go over 
    52        to the right-hand column to the paragraph, which is the 
    53        second on the page, beginning "Scientific evidence".  Do
    54        you see that?
    55        A.  Yes, I do.
    56
    57   Q.   I will read the whole of this paragraph.  "Scientific
    58        evidence continues to accumulate supporting the important
    59        role of diet in the development of the most common causes
    60        of premature death in developed countries, cardiovascular