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1 report on the right-hand side.
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3 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I am grateful for you pointing out 102, but
4 it just happens to be 102 in the middle of a lot of
5 unnumbered pages. I have it now.
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7 THE WITNESS: Can you read it? Mine is unreadable.
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9 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Mine is quite clear. Do you have a better
10 copy for Mr. Oakley?
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12 MS. STEEL: I have a slightly better copy. Then it goes on to
13 say: "This week Friends of the Earth will call for a
14 boycott of any products sold in polystyrene containers by
15 McDonald's, the multi-billion pound fast-food chain, and
16 urge consumers only to buy burgers from the company that
17 are wrapped in paper".
18 A. Yes.
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20 Q. That is pressure, is it not?
21 A. Did they?
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23 Q. This is a report in the Sunday Times?
24 A. No, it says: "They will call for a boycott". My
25 question is, did they?
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27 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Which page are we on now? You said page 102?
28 A. Yes, this one.
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30 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I am reading something which is page 102 in
31 the bottom right-hand corner which is all about Koch. It
32 is the right-hand side? I would like it back then.
33 (Handed).
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35 MS. STEEL: This is a report in a national newspaper in this
36 country?
37 A. Yes, I am aware of the Sunday Times.
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39 Q. Yes. This is linking McDonald's with the use of packaging
40 made with CFCs and the use of that packaging causing damage
41 to the ozone layer?
42 A. Yes, that is what it says, yes.
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44 Q. Are you saying that that would not worry the company?
45 A. I cannot remember any concern at that time.
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47 Q. There is a quote from McDonald's at the bottom, halfway
48 through, it says: "A spokesman for McDonald's said that it
49 was extremely unfair to blame the end of the world on their
50 cartons or any other polystyrene products which use the
51 offending carbons."
52 A. Yes, I agree.
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54 Q. There is a quote later on as well from a McDonald's
55 representative saying: "McDonald's says it will carry on
56 using the carbons in its cartons unless advised by its
57 manufacturers to stop. The company's London spokesman said
58 that because it was not 'firmly established that the
59 carbons were causing problems to the ozone layer, there was
60 no need to consider not using them'. However, she said the
