(D) The peer-review process could be speeded up enough to produce a significant improvement in public health
(E) New medical information that is first published in peer-reviewed journals does not usually receive public attention
13. Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
(A) Peer review often prevents the publication of false conclusions drawn on the basis of poorly conducted medical research
(B) People often alter their life-styles on the basis of new medical information made available through the press.
(C) Some improvements in public health are due to factors other than the discovery of new medical information
(D) Some newspapers would be willing to publish the results of medical research before those results have appeared in peer-reviewed journals
(E) Most peer-reviewed scientific journals would refuse to give up the practice of peer review.
Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the apparent paradox?
(A) Not since the 1950s has the timber industry been Ravonia’s most important industry economically.