Day 285 - 23 Oct 96 - Page 04

     
     1        Page 18, the central -- well, the first two columns on
     2        that page refer to DDT and other agricultural pesticides
     3        and how some imports into the United States have had to be
     4        rejected because of pesticide residues in the beef.  So it
     5        was actually -- that is the way it was noticed, through
     6        the residues.  But there are quite a lot of references in
     7        there anyway.
     8
     9        The other thing is in 'Hoof Prints in The Forest', which
    10        is in the original list of documents and verified by
    11        Douglas Shane, our expert witness, I don't know what
    12        number of the original documents it was.  (Pause) I don't
    13        know if anyone bothered to put our documents in the index.
    14
    15   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Well, I will be able to find them because
    16        I looked at it --
    17
    18   MR. MORRIS:   Yes, it was number 8 in the original list of
    19        documents.
    20
    MR. JUSTICE BELL:   Right.  Are there page references you want
    22        to give me there?
    23
    24   MR. MORRIS:   Sorry, yes.  In terms of poisons and chemicals,
    25        herbicides and pesticides, page 15, it talks about the use
    26        of agent orange and Tordone (?), which contains dioxine;
    27        on page 22, use of herbicides and pesticides; on pages 83
    28        and 84, for example, in 1977 fifteen shipments of
    29        Guatemalan beef from the country's cotton region were
    30        refused entry to the US because they were found to contain
    31        traces of DDT.  And in 1980 Guatemalan beef exports were
    32        suspended for several months due to high readings of DDT.
    33        And then on page 84 it says:  In Costa Rica, 1,284,000
    34        pounds of Costa Rican beef was rejected that was imported
    35        into the USA by the USDA Food Safety and Inspection
    36        Service because of residues and dangerous pesticides.
    37        And there is a reference on page 28 of that book....
    38        And I do have the whole book if you wanted to borrow it at
    39        any stage.
    40
    MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What I suggest is that when we come to the
    42        end of submissions generally, if any of the parties want
    43        me to take away while I write my judgment the whole book
    44        of matters of which I have got photocopies of parts in the
    45        volumes, then do so, and they will be returned when I
    46        deliver judgment.  But keep it until then in case you need
    47        to use it yourself.
    48
    49   MR. MORRIS:   Right.  On page 28 there is a reference to Brazil
    50        as well.  That is slightly different.  I do not think that
    51        was a page that we disclosed.  Something I looked at last
    52        night. 
    53
    54        While we are on the subject of 'Hoof Prints in The
    55        Forest', if I can make a general point, that on page 4
    56        of 'Hoof Prints in The Forest' there is a reference at
    57        the bottom of that page to 30,000 species of vascular
    58        plants, which, as I think Miss Steel gave evidence about
    59        this book, was one of the reference books available in the
    60        file at London Greenpeace office, the rainforest file.  It