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1 which include coronary heart disease and some cancers, the
2 precise role of the different components in the diet are
3 very difficult to elucidate". Do you agree with that?
4 A. I would agree with that statement, yes.
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6 Q. "In contrast to a poison, the time scales can be very
7 long. The deterioration of the arteries", that is heart
8 disease, post-mortems on teenagers. But finally this
9 which Mr. Morris did not draw to your attention:
10 "Furthermore, these diseases tend to be multi-factorial -
11 lack of exercise, smoking, stress and genetic factors can
12 all interact with diet to produce the conditions which
13 result in the disease". Do you agree or disagree with
14 that?
15 A. No, I would agree with that, yes.
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17 Q. Finally, my last question, Dr. Arnott, in relation to the
18 consideration of multi-factorial elements as possible
19 contributors to the causation of disease, do you see a
20 distinction between, for example, cigarette smoking and
21 consumption of a diet containing a wide variety of
22 different substances?
23 A. Yes, there is a complete contrast.
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25 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, those are all the questions I have in
26 re-examination.
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28 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, thank you very much, Dr. Arnott.
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30 (The witness withdrew)
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32 MR. JUSTICE BELL: The next stage then is to go on to
33 Mr. Gardner on Thursday, is it?
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35 MR. RAMPTON: So I understand, my Lord.
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37 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do you know when Mr. Gardner is arriving in
38 this country?
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40 MS. STEEL: Some time tomorrow.
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42 MR. JUSTICE BELL: So you will have time to see him tomorrow,
43 presumably?
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45 MS. STEEL: Yes.
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47 MR. JUSTICE BELL: If he brings any further documentation with
48 him -- I am not suggesting that he will; I just do not
49 know -- do your very best to get it to Barlows as soon as
50 possible so they have an opportunity to look at it.
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52 MR. RAMPTON: Your Lordship will remember that I mentioned
53 yesterday that we had some doubts about the admissibility
54 or the relevance -- same thing really -- of the evidence
55 of some of the defendants' nutritional witnesses. Your
56 Lordship has not got, I do not believe, the letter we
57 wrote to the defendants on 9th September. So I would like
58 to pass that up. That identifies the witnesses in
59 question. (Same handed)
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