December 2011 LSAT Section 4 Question 19

Consumer advocate: In some countries, certain produce is routinely irradiated with gamma rays in order to extend shel...

inaecavalcante on December 30, 2022

Haven't understood the question yet.

Hi, I see that this is an except question, but I still can't see how each one of the alternatives weakens/strengths the argument. Could we go through each answer choice?

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Emil-Kunkin on January 24, 2023

Hi, the author tries to tell us that we should avoid irradiated food for several reasons.

A weakens the argument by showing that one of the negative consequences that the author cites is extremely rare.

B does not weaken the argument, and is thus correct.

C contradicts one of the negative effects the author cites of irradiation.

D shows that a harmful effect the author shows is not more harmful than for food that is not irradiated.

E directly refutes the idea that irradiated foods cause cancer.

Sierra on August 23, 2023

I am still confused by this question and feel that there may be an error here.

Option B on the practice test reads: "Cancer and other serious health problems have many causes that are unrelated to radioactive substances and gamma rays."

Option B when you click "view question" within the discussion tab reads: "The amount of harmful chemicals found in irradiated foods is less than the amount that occurs naturally in most kinds of foods."