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Venable, Baetjer and Howard, Baltimore, MD 21201.
Science. 1988 Mar 25;239(4847):1508-12. doi: 10.1126/science.3281252.
Ensuring the scientific validity of scientific evidence has always posed problems for judges and lawyers largely untrained in science. As recent cases involving the health effects of chemicals and drugs make clear, however, irrational and inconsistent decisions result when courts do not hold expert witnesses to the standards and criteria of their own disciplines. A trend toward more thorough judicial review of scientific claims has developed, and it should be encouraged.
确保科学证据的科学有效性一直给 largely untrained in science 的法官和律师带来问题。然而，正如最近涉及化学品和药物对健康影响的案件所表明的那样，当法院不要求专家证人遵守其所在学科的标准和准则时，就会产生不合理和不一致的决定。对科学主张进行更彻底司法审查的趋势已经出现，应该予以鼓励。 （注：原文中“largely untrained in science”这里表述不太准确完整，推测可能是“largely untrained in scientific knowledge”之类的，但按给定原文翻译如上）
