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     1        way, being so advanced even though the hard evidence was
              not there?
     2
         MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Had you not break that up?  Is the first
     3        part of your question, whether there was hard evidence or
              not, there was unease in the scientific community?
     4
         MR. MORRIS:  Yes.
     5
         MR. JUSTICE BELL:  At some stage, and you can be precise about
     6        the date if you wish, and then if the answer to that is
              yes, the extent to which this witness believes the public
     7        at large became aware of the unease.
 
     8   MR. MORRIS:  Yes.
 
     9   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Put the first question first.  I will put it
              for you.  Regardless -- well, not regardless, but putting
    10        aside whether there was hard evidence, did a time come
              when there was concern or unease in the scientific
    11        community about a possible adverse effect on the
              environment of CFCs?
    12        A.  Yes.
 
    13   Q.   When do you think there was significant concern or unease,
              albeit no hard proof?
    14        A.  After Farman's measurements in the Antarctic were
              published.
    15
         Q.   Date again?
    16        A.  That is the mid-1980's.
 
    17   Q.   How soon would those views become known within the broader
              scientific community?
    18        A.  Probably within a few months, well, almost immediately
              that Farman's measurements were published, because  they
    19        were published in Nature.
 
    20   Q.   I was going to ask you was it in Nature or a more refined?
              A.  No, the British Antarctic Survey results were
    21        published in Nature which is widely read.
 
    22   Q.   Did they get the sort of attention -- The Times, for
              instance, about once every so often has a little summary
    23        of an article in Nature which it thinks is of some general
              interest.  Did it get that kind publicity?
    24        A.  Yes.  Also I think, but I am not certain, in fact
              there was a precis in the New Scientist as well which
    25        normally goes and picks up this sort of information.  Both
              of these, certainly the New Scientist is widely available 
    26        in the book stalls and is widely bought. 
  
    27   MR. MORRIS:  Environmental groups would tend to pick up on that
              kind of stuff very quickly?
    28        A.  Yes.
 
    29   Q.   I am not being silly.
 
    30   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Do you want to ask the second part how of
              the question? Soon after that -- let me ask it because

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