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Over the past few years, outcries from food activists have changed many Amer
Over the past few years, outcries from food activists have changed many Amer
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2025-04-25
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Over the past few years, outcries from food activists have changed many Americans’ eating habits:Criticism of widespread pesticide use led many consumers to organic foods, and early warnings prompted shoppers to shun irradiated and genetically altered food.【B6】______Major players have muscled laws through state legislatures. The statutes make it illegal to suggest that a particular food is unsafe without a "sound scientific basis" for the claim. These so-called banana bills are under discussion in several US states.
Banana bill backers believe the laws will protect agricultural producers from losses like those following the Alar scare in 1989, when the TV magazine show 60 Minutes publicized a Natural Resources Defense Council report charging that the chemical, which enhances the appearance of apples, causes cancer. 【B7】______
Banana bill foes say the laws simply serve to repress those who speak out against risky food-produce with "acceptable" levels of pesticides, genetically altered tomatoes, milk from cows injected with the growth hormone rBST, which boosts milk production. 【B8】______They call them an insult to free speech and an impediment to covering critical food safety issues, notes Nicols Fox in American Journalism Review (March 1995). Most critics question the laws’ requirement that only charges based on "reasonable and reliable" evidence be allowed. 【B9】______After all, it’s unlikely that agribusinesses will accept even the best evidence if it threatens their bottom line. Fox notes that even though the Environmental Protection Agency affirmed that Alar posed unacceptable health risks, Washington State Farm Bureau spokesperson Peter Sternberg insists that EPA’s science is "subject to second opinion. " —opinions that challenged accepted wisdom.
Instead of attacking what they sneer as "junk science", food producers should be listening to the public’s food worries, says Sierra’s Rauber, who cites a recent Young &. Rubicam poll that found that 4 out of 5 Americans are "very concerned about food safety. "【B10】______A case in point is rBST maker Monsanto, who fought and eventually lost a battle to keep dairy producers from advertising that their milk came from rBST-free cows.
A. Many journalists are also outraged about banana bills.
B. Many agribusinesses seem more interested in keeping consumers in the dark about what they’re eating than in exploring ways to produce safe food.
C. But now angry agribusiness groups are fighting back.
D. The nation’s health has doubtless been improved after the banana bill has been approved.
E. Overnight, tons of apples, applesauce, and apple juice became grocery shelf untouchables, and Washington apple growers lost $130 million, according to the Washington State Farm Bureau.
F. Who determines what’s "reasonable"? [br] 【B9】
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答案
F
解析
空格前面的句子提到法律的要求是诉讼要建立在“合理可靠的”证据基础上,空格后句子的意思是“如果威胁到了他们的底线,农业综合企业不可能接受最好的证据”。所以空格处句子讨论的应是“什么才是合理的证据值得思考”,因此正确答案是F选项。
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