Adv. Mr. Gil Atar: But why do you write that it produces a cause of cancer in the plaintiffs? There are four plaintiffs here. Why You're Writing that they had cancer?
The witness, Prof. Mr. S. Lynn: I don't even know their names. What I Understood, That there is a claim for cancer diseases
Adv. Mr. Gil Atar: of the plaintiffs? of the plaintiffs?
The witness, Prof. Mr. S. Lynn: of the plaintiffs, in Haifa Bay, and the residents of Haifa Bay
Adv. Mr. Gil Atar: I mean, you thought that these were plaintiffs who had cancer.
The witness, Prof. Mr. S. Lynn: I have to say that I didn't test it. Every plaintiff. I say. I don't know the plaintiffs.
Adv. Mr. Gil Atar: Wait, Prof. Lin, you said you stand by every word you wrote here. I want to believe that if you wrote caused by cancer With the plaintiffs, you checked and saw that they had cancer diseases?
The witness, Prof. Mr. S. Lynn: I checked and saw that people were asking about people who had cancer in Haifa Bay.
Adv. Mr. Gil Atar: The plaintiffs? Read what you wrote.
The witness, Prof. Mr. S. Lynn: Well, yes, the plaintiffs.
Adv. Mr. Gil Atar: So did the plaintiffs get cancer? Is that what you assumed?
[....]
The witness, Prof. Mr. S. Lynn: The lawsuit was a class action as far as I understood,
Adv. Mr. Gil Atar: Yes?
The witness, Prof. Mr. S. Lynn: On the entire Haifa Bay
Adv. Mr. Gil Atar: of people who have had cancer? You write cancer diseases in the plaintiffs.
The witness, Prof. Mr. S. Lynn: A... Thank you. You're right. I don't know.
Adv. Mr. Gil Atar: You don't know.
The witness, Prof. Mr. S. Lynn: For people who think, who are being treated...
Adv. Mr. Gil Atar: Yes, good.
The witness, Prof. Mr. S. Lynn: It is possible that I did not relate correctly
(pp. 811-812).
- Rennert was asked in his cross-examination and answered as follows:
Adv. Mr. D. Or Chen: Doctor, professor, in principle you agree that pollutants including smoking, pollutants that are certainly carcinogenic including smoking, create changes in DNA. Right?