"from the root causes" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the underlying causes of a particular problem or issue. For example, "We must address this problem at its source, looking at it from the root causes."
"We cannot isolate conflict from the root causes of it".
I believe that the arguments for and against quotas are a distraction from the root causes of the problem and its solution.
"The science side is very focused on natural-resource trends and not really thinking about social consequences, while the policy side is looking at Somali pirates or elephant ivory, and totally disconnected from the root causes," Brashares said.
When creating a diagnosis, the team should take pains to separate the symptoms (poor operating performance, for example) from the root causes (skill shortages and cumbersome approval and reporting processes, for instance).
"Our aid budget will be restructured to ensure that it is spent on tackling the great global challenges – from the root causes of mass migration and disease, to the threat of terrorism and global climate change – all of which also directly threaten British interests," the government said in a policy paper.
"By getting services to work together, by helping families to deal with their problems from the root causes, not only we can turn people lives around but in the long run we can save a lot of money too.
Faculty members and students collaborate across the community, pooling resources and expertise to tackle tough problems ranging from understanding the root causes of cancer to developing therapies and interventions; from understanding the rising costs of health care to developing delivery systems to underserved populations.
Although foundations were not allowed to fund overtly political activity (which prevented them from addressing the root causes of the conditions they were permitted to alleviate), it was difficult to see why attempting to change American society by lobbying was political while doing the same by funding activists was not.
At the close, Canada's Charlie Angus sought to sweep Facebook's hot air away by accusing Allan of distracting the debate with discussion of symptoms — to draw the regulatory eye away from the root cause of the problem which he sharply defined as Facebook itself.
"The 'soil solution' diverts attention from the root cause of our problem: a carbon-based economy," added Amundson.
[Victim-blaming] is very far removed from the root cause, and it contributes again to placing the responsibility to the wrong person.
