Science writing uses a lot of passive voice and for good enough reason. The object is the most important part of many science sentences, so to put it first makes the sentence objective as science is supposed to be—the subject is entirely reduced and would disappear altogether in modern science writing even though the language won’t bend that far.
That is different than fiction writing (which is what I am discussing). If there is a good reason for the passive voice to be used...then by all means... it should be used.