Interpreter: I do come from the field of science, I have PHD In toxicology, I have a master's degree in epidemiology and I am in ...
[....]
Interpreter: Further to the answer that I have a scientific background, I am a colleague at American College of Epidemiology, which is the American College of Epidemiology. In addition, I am also a colleague at Academy of Toxicological Science That this is the Academy of Toxicology Sciences. She also said board certified, which means that I have a license to practice in the field. I studied epidemiology, both of my degrees are from two leading institutions in the world, MIT and John Hopkins.
(pp. 2142-2143).
And later on -
Adv. A. Amorai: Now tell me, please, let's finish the half-point, confirm to us that your education is actually focused on regulation and adaptation to the environment, because that's what you learn in a degree that isn't a medical degree.
[....]
Interpreter: My degrees are in toxicology and epidemiology, these degrees are where you learn how to understand the effects, the negative effects of exposure to chemicals. We study the subject of understanding the causes of diseases and the spread of diseases. Epidemiology deals with risk assessment in the process of risk assessment. We used it, and I've been in the field for twenty years. My work on regulation [of chemicals] - IV"[VIII]
(pp. 2145-2147).
[See also her testimony at length on pp. 2153-2156; 2398; 2399).
- The expert was asked if she knew which enterprises (respondents) she was condemning and replied: "...I'm not really defending anyone here, I'm looking at science and air pollution and health, so the answer is no," and she later clarified that her role was "...To evaluate the scientific subject, and when I started working on it, I did know who the companies were. But that was 5 years ago and since then I have managed to forget the names of the companies. But what matters is the data, I know the levels of the measurements, I know the statistics of morbidity, and I also know what the science says about the risk from chemical substances" (pages 2178-2180).
- The expert was presented on the basis of her answers, that it was correct to know who the ten staff members and scientists with whom she worked, for the purpose of preparing her opinion, and her answer:
...Because the opinion is mine, and I signed it and I stand behind every word in the opinion. And that's how I've been working on all my projects for 20 years. I work with a team, I lead the team, I talk to the team about my goal, what I want to do, they get back to me, we talk about things and I stand behind every word.