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In response to expressions of public concern, the spokesperson for a manufacturer of insecticides asserts that there is no evidence that any of their products causes health problems in human beings when used in the recommended way. This testimony, if true, might be a substantial reason for believing that the recommended uses of insecticides were harmless to humans, if which of the following were also true?

(A) Evidence of the harmful effects of insecticides would almost certainly have been discovered by now.

(B) The insecticides in question meet all of the recently adopted industry standards for safety.

(C) No increased incidence of birth defects has been traced to the use of these insecticides.

(D) The vast majority of users of these insecticides are federal agencies, and these agencies carefully monitor the application of these insecticides.

(E) The spokesperson for the insecticide manufacturer is telling the truth.
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Re: In response to expressions of public concern, the spokesperson for a m [#permalink] New post   27 May 2023, 05:39
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Googled and found this explanation: "If the conclusion is that there are no health problems WHEN USED IN THE RECOMMENDED WAY, you don't need to prove anything about the product when used in the non-recommended way. " Hence D is irrelevant.

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In response to expressions of public concern, the spokesperson for a m [#permalink] New post   27 May 2023, 06:03
This is an assumption question.

A. If there's not the slightest of evidence of harmful effects on humans then the spokesperson is telling the truth.
Otherwise how can we even claim that the insecticides have harmful effects?

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Re: In response to expressions of public concern, the spokesperson for a m [#permalink] New post   28 May 2023, 16:00
Great question, I would love to see some analysis

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Re: In response to expressions of public concern, the spokesperson for a m [#permalink] New post   28 May 2023, 23:45
Can we have an official explanation for this?

(A) seems kinda vague to me. I went ahead with (D)
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Re: In response to expressions of public concern, the spokesperson for a m [#permalink] New post   03 Jun 2023, 11:15
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In response to expressions of public concern, the spokesperson for a manufacturer of insecticides asserts that there is no evidence that any of their products causes health problems in human beings when used in the recommended way. This testimony, if true, might be a substantial reason for believing that the recommended uses of insecticides were harmless to humans, if which of the following were also true?

(A) Evidence of the harmful effects of insecticides would almost certainly have been discovered by now.

(B) The insecticides in question meet all of the recently adopted industry standards for safety.

(C) No increased incidence of birth defects has been traced to the use of these insecticides.

(D) The vast majority of users of these insecticides are federal agencies, and these agencies carefully monitor the application of these insecticides.

(E) The spokesperson for the insecticide manufacturer is telling the truth.


OFFCIAL EXPLANATION:

We are asked which evidence would most support the argument. If the argument were that these insecticides have not been evidenced to cause harm, then a supporting fact would be the idea that if they were harmful, this would have been detected in scientific studies, choice (A).

Choice (B) might be an independent reason for thinking the insecticides to be safe (depending on the stringency of the industry standards), but it does not support the spokesperson's claim.

Choice (C) is an example of a study that might lead us to assert (A), but (A) is a more general claim.

Choice (D) might assure us that the insecticides are in fact used in the recommended way, but this choice does not support the spokesperson's argument that this use is harmless.

Choice (E) suggests that there are more dangerous insecticides, but the main argument in this passage is whether or not the use of these particular chemicals is harmless.

Choice A is the strongest support for the argument.
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