Question

read the excerpt from \gm food: fuel for our future.\. also, crops can be genetically engineered to be more nutritious. golden rice, for example, has been altered to have more vitamin a than spinach. this is important because according to scientific american, \vitamin a deficiency causes more than one million deaths annually and half a million cases of irreversible blindness in the developing world.\ golden rice alone could help save millions of lives and prevent blindness. overall, our growing world desperately needs gm food to survive. the food these crops produce costs less and is safer and more nutritious than anything you could get from a traditional crop. as you can see, the benefits of gm food outweigh the far - fetched, unsubstantiated risks that critics have put forth. which phrases from the excerpt support the authors argument that genetically modified food is safe? choose two correct answers. more nutritious traditional crop could help save unsubstantiated risks

Explanation:

The author argues GM food is safe by stating that the risks critics mention are unsubstantiated and also emphasizes benefits like being more nutritious and potentially saving lives which imply safety. "more nutritious" shows a positive - and thus safe - aspect, and "unsubstantiated risks" downplays the safety concerns.

Answer:

A. more nutritious
D. unsubstantiated risks