Day 010 - 11 Jul 94 - Page 30
1 MR. RAMPTON: I do not believe the witness can answer that
question.
2 A. Would you repeat the question?
3 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Repeat the question, then we will see.
4 MR. MORRIS: That article in my opinion implied -----
5 MR. JUSTICE BELL: The meaning of the article is not for the
witness, is it?
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MR. MORRIS: All right.
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MR. JUSTICE BELL: I can read.
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MR. MORRIS: Is it your opinion that a change of direction to
9 pentane would have involved a great outlay of capital
cost?
10 A. I think that is what----
11 Q. To their suppliers?
A. - that is what is being stated here.
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MR. JUSTICE BELL: I have read what is said about HCFC-22 on
13 the following page.
14 MR. MORRIS: OK. I will move on. On the manufacturing
process, before we leave that, are there any documents you
15 wish to refer us to that immediately come to mind? I
will go through them at the very end to make sure we have
16 not missed any out, but are there any that come to mind on
the manufacturing process?
17 A. Not at this point.
18 Q. If we move on to the next stage of the process: What is
the next stage of the process after the manufacturing of
19 polystyrene foam? After it has been manufactured, what is
the stage you look at?
20 A. We examined the problems associated with the use of
the foam product itself. We identified research and again
21 it is within my role, as the research analyst for the
clearing house, we located research that specified that
22 there were potential problems associated with the
migration of contaminants in the polystyrene food package,
23 that migration into the food material itself and
that -----
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Q. I will go into that in a little depth in a minute. Did
25 you look into the actual time for the packaging was
actually used, how long it was used for by the customer?
26 A. Well, we noted and raised the issue that the
polystyrene foam food package was only of use to the
27 customer for a very brief period of time.
28 Q. Such as for example?
A. Well, from the period of time that the person
29 purchases the food to the time the person disposes of the
package; that process could take anywhere from ten minutes
30 to half an hour. In the case of McDonald's, it is likely
to have been a very short period of time.
