Legal and epidemiologic thresholds for causation

Legal and epidemiologic thresholds for causation

by | Sujit Rathod -
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From The Guardian

I was struck by this sentence: “There are misconceptions about using epidemiological evidence for proving causation that should be addressed in a court of law."

What do you think it means?

What sort of (epidemiologic) evidence would you want to have to prove that an exposure was causing birth defects?

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