Correction and Clarification.The February February: see month. 2001 Science Selections article "Home-Cooked Pesticides" [EHP EHP abbr. 1. effective horsepower 2. electric horsepower 109:A85] contains the statement "These corresponding exposure concentrations are up to 100-fold lower than safety limits set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and and the World Health Organization--a pleasant surprise to the researchers, who consider the amounts to present no health concerns." The deduction deduction, in logic, form of inference such that the conclusion must be true if the premises are true. For example, if we know that all men have two legs and that John is a man, it is then logical to deduce that John has two legs. of safety implied in this statement was wrongly attributed to the research team of David L. MacIntosh, Caroline W. Kabiru, and P. Barry Ryan. EHP regrets the error. |
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