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1 Q. "Because their effect in humans is likely to occur early
in life, it is difficult to determine this
2 epidemiologically, particularly in populations where most
people tend to consume such meats. We examined the
3 possible effect of meat preparation on the risk of colon
cancer and, unlike an earlier report, our data do not show
4 a positive association between the extent of meat
preparation (rare, medium, or well done) and large bowel
5 cancer. ... The meat preparation question seems to be one
that almost everyone can answer accurately as to their
6 current preferences, but it is more difficult to answer
for the first 25 years of one's life. It has been
7 suggested that the real problem may not be the meat itself
but rather the gravy prepared from the meat processing
8 because this substance would contain most of the
heterocyclic amines. We are not certain how this could be
9 studied epidemiologically with current questionnaires".
10 The question I have about that is, again it is a similar
one to many I have asked before, do we deduce from that
11 that if we eat our meat dry, having cooked it so that
much, as it were, emanated from it in the process of
12 cooking and did not eat the gravy, we could be sure we
would not get large bowel cancer?
13 A. No, one cannot draw any such conclusion from this
particular article.
14
Q. Now I think, as far as I am concerned, unless there is any
15 particular part of these references that his Lordship
would like to ask you about, you can put this file away,
16 Dr. Arnott. I want to turn to another document very
briefly, which is this thing what I call the grey book.
17 (Handed). Do you have it?
A. Yes.
18
Q. Can you turn to chapter 3 on page 39, which is about fat.
19 This is the product of a consideration by -- I expect you
are familiar with it?
20
MR. JUSTICE BELL: Are you familiar with it?
21 A. Yes, I am.
22 MR. RAMPTON: I am sorry. I should have asked that -- by
panels appointed by the government to look at what are
23 called dietary reference values for the sake of the health
of the nation. Is that how you understand it?
24 A. Indeed, yes.
25 Q. Chapter 3 on page 39 is called "Fat" and section 3 -- five
of that chapter is headed "Cancer" on page 49. Do you
26 have that?
A. Yes.
27
Q. I do not want to read out the whole of this thing because
28 it is going to be repetitive. I would like you to read to
yourself, please, the whole of that section down to and
29 stopping at 3.5.5., the end of it, on page 52. Please
tell me when you have done it.
30 A. Thank you.
