Day 256 - 04 Jun 96 - Page 30
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2 MR. MORRIS: Are there any comments you want to make apart from
3 the ones you have already said in your evidence?
4 A. Well, just reading that first paragraph, where it says
5 from, "This analysis", I gather that Professor Hill is
6 being extremely conservative about his views on this field,
7 much too conservative. That is one comment.
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9 The second comment, I have no problem with those (1) and
10 (2). That is fair enough what he is saying there, but I
11 would not certainly go beyond that.
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13 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You say "Professor Hill". Do you know who he
14 is?
15 A. Yes.
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17 Q. Tell us about him because no one else was sure the other
18 day.
19 A. I cannot say too much, I guess. I knew of his work.
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21 Q. Do you know what his discipline is?
22 A. I do not know exactly but I know the area that he
23 actually published in. I have never inquired as to what
24 his specific discipline is but he was involved in doing
25 work in the 1970s on dietary fibre, and I think a colon
26 cancer and bowel disorders and that sort of thing, so I am
27 familiar with some of that earlier work. I have not
28 actually met him in many years, so I do not know what
29 actually he is doing now.
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31 Q. Just pause a moment.
32 A. But I have no problem with those two statement that he
33 has there, they are well and good, but really they are much
34 too conservative. He has not taken into consideration a
35 lot of things that we are in fact discovering in the China
36 Project an many others are discovering elsewhere.
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38 MR. MORRIS: Right. I think we will leave it there. I will
39 just see if there are any further questions that we need to
40 ask.
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42 I was going to check Dr. Arnott's statement in case there
43 is anything there. I would just ask you one question: Are
44 there any plans to publish the China study?
45 A. Publish it?
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47 Q. Is anyone planning to publish the China study?
48 A. What do you mean, beyond what has already been
49 published?
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51 Q. Sorry, that has been published and is available, is it?
52 A. Yes. This is in the public domain but we do have
53 obviously opportunities to publish a lot more.
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55 Q. OK. No further questions then. Thank you.
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57 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Thank you.
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