Day 206 - 22 Jan 96 - Page 10

     
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     2        The case of the Plaintiffs seems to be -- actually, if
     3        I can just point out that the last reference of
     4        Mr. Atkinson, page 61, line 9, on 19th October,
     5        was: ".....given harder evidence that he may have given as
     6        to the frequency and incidence of these adverse reactions",
     7        the point being that in some of the statements
     8        Dr. Millstone deals with the reactions.
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    10   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Point that out to me.
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    12   MR. MORRIS:  I mean, what I am saying is if -----
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    14   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Which part of the statement?
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    16   MR. MORRIS:  Yes.  I mean, I have not had time to look through
    17        it, but on an immediate looking at it, for example, on
    18        page 10, the second paragraph, first full paragraph -----
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    20   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.
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    22   MR. MORRIS:  First full paragraph on page 10:  "....thirteen
    23        separate studies on the effects of dietary change of people
    24        suffering with urticaria, he found clear improvements in
    25        the conditions of between 62% and 92% of the patients...."
    26        The point being there, he is looking at the reaction and
    27        then that is part of his scientific review of the whole
    28        situation.  In other words, it is not just a question of
    29        forcefeeding patients with a certain additive and then
    30        seeing what the reaction is; it is also looking at the
    31        analysis of medical histories of patients and response to
    32        treatment on one of the reactions which he has identified
    33        previously as being a problem with specific additives.  So,
    34        that is one way of looking at the situations.
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    36        If we look on page 3, he has done the same thing in the
    37        last paragraph on page 3, the third line down:  "Similarly,
    38        Supramaniam and Warner reported that 56% of children with
    39        angio-oedema and/or urticaria reacted to challenge with
    40        food additives including food colours."  So, he is looking
         at the reactions, angio-oedema as well as urticaria, in
    42        that case.
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    44        This is just something I have seen, you know, in a quick
    45        flick through the statement, which I have not read for
    46        about a week.  That seems to be doing what was being asked
    47        of him.
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    49        In another respect, he has made quite a responsible --
    50        well, extremely responsible -- scientific analysis of the 
    51        information that exists on the subject. 
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    53   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  No one at this stage is criticising his
    54        further report.  It is just a question of whether it has
    55        really dealt with the loose end which I was concerned about
    56        and, therefore, whether it is going to help me.
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    58   MR. MORRIS:  Well, it does.  He goes into more depth, he goes
    59        into more detail, he provides further studies, and he comes
    60        up with conclusions throughout which are more profound