If their confidence in scientific findings is lowered across the board as the result of such epistemic pollution, one can hardly blame them.
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	8:mark	Discourse=contingency-condition:105->106:0
2	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	3:nmod:poss	Entity=(148-abstract-new-cf4-2-sgl(32-person-giv:act-cf2-1-ana)
3	confidence	confidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	8:nsubj:pass	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	6:case	_
5	scientific	scientific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	6:amod	Entity=(149-abstract-new-cf5-2-sgl
6	findings	finding	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	3:nmod:in	Entity=149)148)
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	8:aux:pass	_
8	lowered	lower	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	advcl	23:advcl:if	_
9	across	across	ADP	IN	_	11	case	11:case	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	11:det	_
11	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	8:obl:across	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	case	14:case	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	14:det	_
14	result	result	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	8:obl:as	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	18:case	_
16	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	18:amod	Entity=(1-abstract-giv:inact-cf3-3-coref
17	epistemic	epistemic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	18:amod	_
18	pollution	pollution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	14:nmod:of	Entity=1)|SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	8:punct	_
20	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	23:nsubj	Discourse=evaluation-comment:106->104:1|Entity=(147-person-giv:act-cf1*-1-ana)
21	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	23:aux	_
22	hardly	hardly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	23	advmod	23:advmod	_
23	blame	blame	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	0:root	_
24	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obj	23:obj	Entity=(32-person-giv:act-cf2-1-ana)|SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	23:punct	_
