Golan explains that "the legal community, which prided itself on its adversarial ideology, interpreted scientific disagreements as signs of moral corruption," and "
scientific experts, who prided themselves on their collaborative ideology and unprejudiced search for truth, performed in court as zealous advocates" (108).
Second, expert evidence in environmental and toxic tort cases often "involve[s] complex scientific theories that are novel, and affect many people beyond just the individual litigants." (17) Novel
scientific expert evidence is evidence that has not received widespread peer review (18) and/or acceptance from the judicial or scientific communities.
The following analysis of Daubert and its progeny will show that (1) the case developed a more liberal standard for admissibility of
scientific expert testimony than existed under the Frye standard and (2) the factors of testing, peer review, rate of error, and falsifiability developed in Part II-C of the opinion apply only to
scientific expert testimony.
Although it took decades of further agitation and legal action before most communities stopped dumping raw (untreated) sewage into the closest available water way (not until 1959 did Pittsburgh and the surrounding cities cease dumping raw sewage into the nearest rivers), the beginning was clearly chartered by these early anti-contagionist public health officials with their concern over miasma.(68) Yet just as these reformers were going into full battle against pollution, the main justification for their attack, their environmental theory of disease causation, was undermined by the new germ theory of disease, and their position as
scientific experts was being challenged by the new scientific specialists.
London, United Kingdom, May 12, 2016 --(PR.com)-- As well as being supported by leading
scientific experts in the area of drug formulation and featuring an international panel of senior freeze drying experts and drug manufacturers, SMi's 4th annual conference, Lyophilisation Europe, will include a dedicated spotlight on the latest in Process Analytical Technology (PAT) with FOUR exclusive presentations and a panel debate on evolving key developments.
The high court held that the standard for admitting
scientific expert testimony should generally follow Federal Rule of Evidence 702, which requires both relevance and reliability.
n The French
scientific expert chairing talks aimed at resolving the beef row was challenged about a conflict of interests today.
Cargill, Minneapolis, MN, has expanded the GRAS status of its Oliggo-Fiber brand of inulin and oligofructose products through an independent evaluation by a qualified
scientific expert. The expansion gives food and beverage manufacturers the freedom to add these beneficial ingredients to an even broader variety of consumer-friendly food brands.
In this context, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has asked its
Scientific Expert Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) to establish an ad hoc Working Group to collect information on the chemical furan and in particular to examine the formation of furan and its derivatives during food processing.
An international group of doctors and
scientific experts urge pregnant women to limit their exposure to wireless radiation from mobile phone.
The engineering and technical team of the Lynas Malaysia plant in Gebeng, Pahang asked Malaysians today to trust
scientific experts instead of listening to anti-Lynas activists' claims.