The Toxic Substances Control Act, enacted by the United States Congress in 1976, had an ambitious humanitarian goal: to protect people and their environment from harmful chemicals. Tens of thousands of industrial chemicals had entered the world market since the late 1940s, and the TSCA was one of the first legislative attempts to control their toxicity. Before this time, industrial chemicals were completely unregulated, and few had questioned whether any of them might ultimately prove harmful. TSCA granted the government the authority to track and regulate industrial chemicals in order to prevent harmful substances from finding their way into a wide range of consumer goods. What began as an innovative caretaking program, however, failed in the ensuing decades to deliver on its promise. The failure is primarily the result of a momentous loophole in the screening guidelines of TSCA, which prioritized chemical company profits over more vital human and environmental interests. The TSCA, rather than outlining a procedure for testing older chemicals, exempted chemicals already on the market from toxicity screening and, by extension, from regulation. Consequently, over 90% of chemicals on the market today have neither been tested to determine their level of toxicity nor been studied to evaluate their impact on the environment. Even more problematic, the structure of the TSCA makes it more profitable for industry to continue manufacturing chemicals that may or may not be harmful than to develop alternative, guaranteed-safe formulas. Which of the following most accurately states the purpose of the passage? A. To question the government’s ability to safeguard human and environmental health. B. To compare attitudes toward industrial chemicals in the 1940s and the 1970s. C. To argue that a policy regarding regulation of chemicals has not been effective. D. To summarize the history of US perspectives on industrial chemical regulation. E. To cite examples of regulatory policies that have been mostly unsuccessful.

Hi, I would advise focusing on the wording of D), and if the paragraph is actually doing that: For D) to be correct, both paragraphs would need to be talking about how US perspectives about chemical regulation have changed over time. This is not actually the case. Paragraph 1 is just being used to set context about TSCA. Instead, its actually talking about the goal of the act, and why/how it failed in doing so Hope this helps!

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I would advise focusing on the wording of D), and if the paragraph is actually doing that:

For D) to be correct, both paragraphs would need to be talking about how US perspectives about chemical regulation have changed over time. This is not actually the case.
Paragraph 1 is just being used to set context about TSCA.
Instead, its actually talking about the goal of the act, and why/how it failed in doing so

Hope this helps!

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I still feel answer is D

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I'm only able to see the first question V06-36 here. How may i access the last 3 questions from this thread?

You should be able to access them through the explanations in the Tests. I think we are trying to keep them 1 question per topic. However, any specific questions you have about others?

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You should be able to access them through the explanations in the Tests. I think we are trying to keep them 1 question per topic. However, any specific questions you have about others?

What is the purpose of creating more confusion? Is there a way we can do the basic work of reading all the questions at one place instead of going on a literal quest?