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1 were you?
2 A. I object to "not bothered". I think I have
3 demonstrated that I am responsible when I know the facts.
4 I did not know the facts at that time, and nor did many
5 other people, the majority of other people, as it relates
6 to polystyrene packaging.
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8 Q. You only decided to stop using CFCs when you came under
9 pressure from environmental campaigners?
10 A. Absolutely wrong.
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12 Q. That is wrong?
13 A. I decided because I thought it was the right thing to
14 do. I do not know how many times I have to tell you that,
15 but that is when I decided. Nobody pressured me into doing
16 this. I had to pressure others into doing it.
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18 Q. The company had not been under any pressure then
19 whatsoever?
20 A. I had not been under pressure. You directed that
21 question to me.
22
23 Q. What about the company? The company had been under
24 pressure, had it not?
25 A. The company in the US probably had at that time.
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27 Q. What about in the UK?
28 A. Not to my knowledge. I certainly had had no pressure
29 and, had there been pressure against the company, I think
30 I would have had the pressure being the person responsible.
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32 Q. You would have been aware of it if there had been pressure?
33 A. I would have got the pressure and I did not. This was
34 done in good faith.
35
36 Q. If you could keep that open and turn it to the fifth page?
37 A. Fifth page of what?
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39 Q. Sorry, of 46, the one you were in a minute ago?
40 A. Yes.
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42 Q. There is an article here, "Big Mac box, a threat to
43 ozone". It appeared in the Sunday Times in this country on
44 8th March 1987. It says: "The humble carton used to
45 package the Big Mac beefburger is about to attract the
46 wrath of environmentalists who want it put on the list of
47 threats to the" -----
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49 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Where are you reading from now?
50 A. "Big Mac box, a threat to ozone" -- mine is unreadable.
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52 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I have not even found it at the moment.
53 A. Page 102.
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55 MS. STEEL: "List of threats to the universe", I think it says.
56 I have some slightly better copies.
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58 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is in tab 46, is it?
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60 MS. STEEL: Yes, it is the fifth page, and it is the press
