Interpreter, Idit: you mean conforms with the standards?
The witness, Dr. S. Libiki: conforms with the standards is the goal that is exactly right.
Interpreter, Idit: This is exactly the goal, that it will meet the standard
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Adv. Mr. A. Amorai: But if there are so many exceptions, ma'am, and so many emissions, from so many factories, please confirm to me that this is a violation of people's rights to breathe clean air.
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Interpreter, Idit: There are two things I want to say about this, the first.
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Interpreter, Idit: Two things I want to say In this matter, the first is that it is a question, your question is a question of policy, a legal question, an ethical question, not something that I deal with, and secondly, the monitoring systems measure not only what comes from the chimneys..
The witness, Dr. S. Libiki: it also measures everything in the air from everywhere else, including cars, pollution that comes from Europe
Interpreter, Idit: from Europe?
The witness, Dr. S. Libiki:Europe. pollution that comes from the port, everything
Interpreter, Idit: The monitoring systems also measure everything that is in the air from any other source. Including cars, from Europe, from the port, pollution from cars, from Europe, from the port.
(In detail, pp. 1710-1715).
In this context, Dr. Goodman testified as follows:
Adv. Mr. D. Or Chen: I'm tired, tell meexcuse me Tell me if you are aware of the special situation of Haifa that it has, there is a western wind there like you see the waves in Haifa here, a western wind that brings the polluting materials into the homes of the residents of Mount Carmel, Tivon and Nesher. Are you aware of this? And where did you relate to it?
Interpreter, Ms. A. Monday: you said the air monitoring data
Interpreter, Ms. A. Shani: I repeat what was said, The air monitoring data shows the amount of pollutants in the air, no matter how the pollutants got there. If they got there as a result of the weather or topography or wind. What matters is what's in the air, what's in the air where people live. (pp. 2482-2483)
- The expert, Dr. Goodman, was referred to page 1439, section 3.1, in the second paragraph, in Appendix 4 to Kantor's affidavit on behalf of the Respondents, was asked and answered, inter alia, as follows:
Interpreter, A. Second: He said in light of a 67 percent reduction in such a significant substance