According to the passage, proponents of the use of genetically altered bacteria in agriculture argue that which one o...

Hi Can we infer from the information put forth by the opponents that E must be false? (I feel that it is less of a stretch to argue that E could be false or is not necessarily true; however, based on the opponents view of the altered bacteria, I feel as though E cannot be true; and I want to make sure my reasoning is correct, please.) E states that altered bacteria were released in numbers sufficient enough to validate the experimental results. The opponents, however, object to the deliberate and large-scale release of the genetically altered bacteria on the grounds that it might have deleterious effects. Why would the opponents raise this objection if E was correct and the experiment were done in validation of the theory that the modified bacteria was successful? In other words, the opponents' objection assumes that the experiment has not been done, because if it has, we would know if there were damaging impacts or not; as opposed to "it might result in deleterious effects." E, however, is still tricky and misleading because lines 34 through 37 use the word experiment in the context of the changed bacteria. But that experiment supports the idea that releasing the altered bacteria would be beneficial; it is not the experimental release of the bacteria itself! In retrospect, my question is: is my inference that E must be false are reach? Maybe E could be false (or is not necessarily true) hence its elimination to a question that is a "must be true, reference question"? Thank You Mazen