GMAT Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: Modifier Amibiguity

There is another problem with E..

Before that in Option D "Findings (noun)consistent with the growth of industrial activity in the area (Noun modifier).

This construction correctly of "Noun+Noun modfier " modifies observations of the scientists

In option E,consistent with the growth of industrial activity there

is just a modifier phrase and
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