It has grown haphazardly, with isolated successes and failures... To have a political effect, the «extended peers» of science have traditionally needed to operate largely by means of activist pressure - groups using the media to
create public alarm.»
Not exact matches
These «harmful activities» include anything with a risk of
public disorder, a risk of harassment,
alarm or distress, or
creating a «threat to the functioning of democracy».
Dr David Carslake, the study's lead author and Senior Research Associate from the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit (IEU) at the University of Bristol, said: «An
alarming increase in obesity levels across the world which have risen from 105 million in 1975 to 641 million in 2014, according to a recent Lancet study,
create concern about the implications for
public health.
We should not forget that apple juice is a useful source of vitamin C, and no good
public purpose whatever is served by
creating quite unnecessary
public alarm and confusion.»
The defendant either intended to cause
public inconvenience, annoyance or
alarm, or recklessly
created a risk of
public inconvenience, annoyance or
alarm.