Although the current horse meat crisis has been considered mainly an issue of fraud and mislabeling, evidence emerged last week that a powerful equine painkiller, phenylbutazone — or bute — may have entered the food chain.
Although the respondents never identified this lack of a shared definition of evidence as an issue of concern, it is clear that an unresolved tension existed among our informants, as people kept referring to different concepts and attributes of what represents evidence for and about policy.
Exposure to heavy metals in women and men of reproductive ages is an issue of current concern, since the evidence is rising that even low levels of exposure to these compounds can affect fetal growth and development [ 53, 54].
Such practice has been an issue of debate, however, because accumulating evidence shows that the public may prefer some QALY gains over others (e.g., young over old) [ 1– 3], often relating to a more equitable distribution of health and health care.
In my opinion the evidence indicates an issue of honesty and integrity, not merely naive or poor professional judgment.
"In my opinion the evidence indicates an issue of honesty and integrity, not merely naïve or poor professional judgment," she said.
But in a statement on Tuesday, Deborah Glass, the deputy chairwoman of the Independent Police Complaints Commission, said, "The evidence indicates an issue of honesty and integrity, not merely naïve or poor professional judgment" on the part of those representatives.
Ms Glass said: "In my opinion the evidence indicates an issue of honesty and integrity, not merely naive or poor professional judgement".
Helen Braithwaite, in her book on Johnson, argues that "by July 1798 ... the Analytical had become a deep thorn in the side of the government"; at Johnson's trial for seditious libel, an issue of the periodical was entered as evidence against him, demonstrating that the government did not view the journal as non-partisan.
Although this study alone cannot provide a comprehensive conclusion on the sustainability of time-limited programs, it contributes important evidence on an issue of increasing importance.
