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1 can identify any one he wants to look at.
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3 MR. MORRIS: "The Measures of Progress Against Cancer"; the one
4 we have dealt with?
5 A. That is right, yes. (Handed)
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7 Q. The next one is No. 6, "Cancer of the Colon and Rectum"?
8 A. Yes. That is one that I think might be worth taking a
9 look at.
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11 Q. I have given you the original and Mr. Rampton can see the
12 original, if he wants.
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14 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, I am afraid I ought to see the original
15 now and not afterwards.
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17 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
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19 MR. RAMPTON: I ought to have seen it before.
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21 MR. MORRIS: The pages that you were going to refer to, as far
22 as I know, were pages 6 to 9.
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24 MR. JUSTICE BELL: But is there another copy for Dr. Barnard?
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26 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, it is rather annoying because this
27 original, as I suspected when I inspected the selected
28 pages that I have been given, does look as though it
29 contains some relevant material, particularly in relation
30 to the question of heredity.
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32 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Is there any reason why the witness should
33 not make such comments as he wants?
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35 MR. RAMPTON: Then maybe I can have it back.
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37 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What it seems to me is you should it
38 overnight.
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40 MR. RAMPTON: Yes.
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42 MR. MORRIS: Can you take us to the relevant pages, please,
43 Dr. Barnard?
44 A. Let me get my bearings for a minute, please? OK. The
45 page that I would like to draw your attention to is page
46 No. 7, and also if I might note the date of the booklet
47 was revised 1991. It is a booklet entitled "Cancer of the
48 Colon and Rectum" from the National Cancer Institute. On
49 page 7, the first full paragraph in the right-hand column,
50 I would just like to quote the paragraph:
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52 "Colon cancer risk also appears to be related to the
53 amount of fat in the diet. Considerable evidence links a
54 high-fat diet to a high incidence of colon cancer.
55 Scientists theorise that dietary fat increases the amount
56 of bile acids (needed for digestion) in the colon. These
57 substances may act directly to damage the bowel lining, or
58 they may be converted to secondary bile acids which are
59 known to produce tumours in animals.
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