Sentence examples for present state of scientific knowledge from inspiring English sources

The Tobacco Institute issued a statement declaring, "In the present state of scientific knowledge about smoking and health, the ruling contemplated by the F.C.C. would be arbitrary in the extreme".

In this document, it was reasoned that adverse effects for the general population were unlikely, based on the known PFC concentrations in food stuffs and serum samples and the present state of scientific knowledge.

The report concluded that "the EM field of a mobile telephone does not constitute a health hazard, according to the present state of scientific knowledge".

Directive 75/318/EEC provides for the possibility of granting marketing authorisation under exceptional circumstances, when in the present state of scientific knowledge, comprehensive information on the efficacy and safety under normal conditions of use cannot be provided.

Anything that causes loss of that trust, whether sloppy work or biased, self-serving presentations that distort the true state of scientific knowledge, demeans us all.

For one thing, the state of scientific knowledge changes rapidly.

Most important, which possibilities actually exist, given the current state of scientific knowledge?

Public debates driven by incomplete scientific data where nobody can claim absolute certainty, due to the current state of scientific knowledge, are studied.

He said reconsideration of the carbon dioxide curbs was particularly appropriate "given the incomplete state of scientific knowledge of the causes of, and solutions to, global climate change".

In a separate passage, Mr. Bush alluded to what he called "the incomplete state of scientific knowledge of the causes of, and solutions to, global climate change".

Much of the meteor vaporized on impact, which, given the state of scientific knowledge at the time, he couldn't have known.