The scientific method involves making careful observations,asking questions,formulating hypotheses,collecting data,testing,and making conclusions about the collected data.Of the following statements about toxic wastes,select the choice that science cannot address.
A)Science can test for the presence of toxin in a river.
B)Science can determine the level of toxin that is lethal to fish in the river.
C)Science can say that a river should not be polluted.
D)Science can formulate hypotheses about how a river was polluteD.
E)Science can determine the rate of mutations caused by toxins in a river.

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Science can provide information about the effects of toxic wastes on the environment and organisms, but it cannot make value judgments about whether a river "should" or "should not" be polluted. Such a statement involves subjective value judgments and ethical considerations that are outside the realm of empirical science.

The Scientific Method Involves Making Careful Observations,asking Questions,formulating Hypotheses,collecting Data,testing,and