Certainly,
pesticides can adversely affect the environment in localities distant from where the pesticide has actually been used. Nevertheless, regulation of pesticide use should not take place at the national level but at the local level.
It is in the areas where pesticides are actually applied that they have their most serious effects. Just how serious these effects are depends on local conditions such as climate, soil type, and water supply. And local officials are much more likely than national legislators to be truly knowledgeable about such local conditions.
BF1- against the main conclusion
Conclusion - regulation of pesticide use should not take place at the national level but at the local level
BF2 - provides reason for Conclusion
In the argument given, the two boldface portions play which of the following roles?
A. The first provides support for the conclusion of the argument; the second states that conclusion. - Incorrect - the first goes against the conclusion ; the second does not state the conclusion
B. The first states the conclusion of the argument; the second provides support for that conclusion. - Incorrect - the first does not state the conclusion
C. The first identifies grounds for a potential objection to the conclusion of the argument; the second states that conclusion. - BF2 is not the conclusion
D. The first identifies grounds for a potential objection to the conclusion of the argument; the second provides support for that conclusion. - Correct
E. Each provides support for the conclusion of the argument. - BF1 goes against the conclusion
Answer D
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