Day 016 - 22 Jul 94 - Page 12
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Q. More seriously than the numerous reports published linking
2 cancer with diet?
A. Certainly for some people, for those who are
3 advocating vegetarianism to those people, it is something
they should take very seriously, in my view.
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Q. How many studies have there been on this?
5 A. We have produced evidence of one study and I know
there are others in progress as well that are coming up
6 with similar conclusions.
7 Q. So you are basing your argument on one study?
A. What I am saying is that there is evidence to suggest
8 that there is a serious health problem with young girls
who turn to vegetarianism, which is perfectly rational and
9 perfectly well fits in with the known data. What I am
saying is that people who advocate vegetarianism to young
10 school girls need to be very careful, and perhaps they
ought to desist in view of this information. At the very
11 least they ought to emphasise the importance of balance
and variety in the diet, otherwise perhaps they are being
12 irresponsible, are they not?
13 Q. Even if this one study were true, does that prove anything
about the links between McDonald's food -- sorry, between
14 high fat, low fibre food and cancer?
A. No, you misunderstand me. All I am saying is what is
15 sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. I am saying
there is an issue which ought to be taken very seriously
16 by people advocating vegetarianism to school girls.
17 Q. We should take an issue seriously based on one paper but
we should not take something seriously based on hundreds
18 of papers?
A. No, I have not said that. You misinterpret me.
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MR. JUSTICE BELL: He has agreed you should take cancer
20 seriously.
21 MS. STEEL: On the arguments you put forward to this court
about the methodology of various studies, you should be by
22 and large discounting that study on schools girls, should
you not?
23 A. What I am saying is that it is producing information
which certainly ought to be taken seriously by those who
24 are advocating vegetarianism.
25 Q. In the conclusion on the front page of that study -----
26 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Let us have a look at it. We put it
somewhere in one of the bundles, orange 3A. Tab 9?
27 A. No, this is Recycling and Waste.
28 MR. JUSTICE BELL: 3 with an (A) in brackets.
A. I have it. I do not think it has found its way into
29 this one.
30 MR. JUSTICE BELL: We have gone back to New York and Finland.
It was put somewhere else, I think.
