Scientific robustness — not certainty — is the key to good environmental regulation. Only when this is recognized will debates about the soundness of scientific advice or access to data be properly resolved.
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Flawed understanding of the scientific process. Nature 388, 607 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/41602
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