Each option includes two claims and a conclusion from the editorial. Which pair of claims builds on each other using valid reaso
ning to arrive at the given conclusion? Claim: Politicians and business people complain about federal regulations.
Claim: Some critics think consumers would be better off without the FDA.
Conclusion: Numerous tragedies can be attributed to lack of federal regulation.
B.Claim: The FDA has protected consumers from dangerous food, drugs, and cosmetics.Claim: Consumer products now enter the market from all over the world.Conclusion: Consumers are lucky to have a federal agency that protects them.
B.
Claim: The FDA has protected consumers from dangerous food, drugs, and cosmetics.
Claim: Consumer products now enter the market from all over the world.
Conclusion: Consumers are lucky to have a federal agency that protects them.
C.Claim: Unsafe food and drugs were once rampant in the marketplace.Claim: Since the creation of the FDA in 1938, less unsafe food and drugs have been produced and sold.Conclusion: FDA regulation has improved the safety of food and drugs.
C.
Claim: Unsafe food and drugs were once rampant in the marketplace.
Claim: Since the creation of the FDA in 1938, less unsafe food and drugs have been produced and sold.
Conclusion: FDA regulation has improved the safety of food and drugs.
D.Claim: Dangerous products were once sold to American consumers.Claim: Critics of federal regulation complain that consumers no longer need the FDA.Conclusion: Consumers take for granted that food, medicine, and cosmetics are safe.
D.
Claim: Dangerous products were once sold to American consumers.
Claim: Critics of federal regulation complain that consumers no longer need the FDA.
Conclusion: Consumers take for granted that food, medicine, and cosmetics are safe.
The correct option that allows identifying the appropriate conclusion from the statements provided and their arguments is: <u>C</u>.
<h3>What is the FDA?</h3>
The FDA is the Food and Drug Administration, a government agency in charge of regulating food, medicines, cosmetics, among others, whose function is to verify that said products do not affect human health.
It is well known that before its creation by President Roosevelt, food could contain many components that were found to be harmful to health, so his intervention guarantees healthier products.
