Food safety groups, however, said the report validated the concerns they had about the program when it was first announced.
The report validated the concerns raised by some members of Congress and civil rights groups who charge that the Justice Department has cast too wide a net in the campaign against terrorism.
The recent outcry here has validated the concerns of a small group of residents, called the Concerned Citizens for Responsible Redevelopment, who for more than seven years have sought additional government scrutiny of Wolverine's environmental practices, and who were sometimes met with resistance for criticizing a hometown company.
Their decision to travel here both underscored and validated the concerns of the other judges, particularly those who "are only an election cycle, at most, away from unemployment," as Judge Wendell L. Griffen of the Arkansas Court of Appeals described the vulnerability felt by state judges who must face the voters either for election or for retention in office.
Green MSP Mark Ruskell said the government had validated the concerns of communities, calling for amendments to planning policy to make the block legally watertight.
Initial evidence from the banking and airline industries appears to validate the concern.
"In the majority of cases, they validate the concern the supervisor had," he said, adding that the division's "pruners and climbers" do the actual work, trimming or removing more than 8,500 park trees in the past year.
Mr. Barak did validate the concerns of northernmost residents -- if somewhat offhandedly.
They validate the concerns of ordinary children: fascination with weird teachers, distress about bullies, desire for status objects.
But parents who choose to edit also run the risk of "potentially validating the concerns that it is not O.K. to be that way," Dr. Peterson said.
Together, the findings validate "the concerns that a lot of physicians have had that if you're not careful about exactly how you're using this medication, you might do more harm than good," said Dr. Gregory W. Albers, a Stanford University neurologist and lead author of one of the studies.
