PrepTest 87, Section 3, Question 3
Columnist: Although it is our civic duty to protect the population against hazards to public health, we should not reroute high-tension power lines away from heavily populated areas. This is because our limited resources should be devoted to protecting the population only against well-substantiated threats to public health.
Columnist: Although it is our civic duty to protect the population against hazards to public health, we should not reroute high-tension power lines away from heavily populated areas. This is because our limited resources should be devoted to protecting the population only against well-substantiated threats to public health.
Columnist: Although it is our civic duty to protect the population against hazards to public health, we should not reroute high-tension power lines away from heavily populated areas. This is because our limited resources should be devoted to protecting the population only against well-substantiated threats to public health.
Columnist: Although it is our civic duty to protect the population against hazards to public health, we should not reroute high-tension power lines away from heavily populated areas. This is because our limited resources should be devoted to protecting the population only against well-substantiated threats to public health.
The conclusion of the columnist's argument can be properly drawn if which one of the following is assumed?
Public health would be damaged by the loss of electric power.
Proponents of expensive safety measures with respect to high-tension power lines ignore economic realities.
Scientific evidence exists for causal links between various modern practices and threats to public health.
No investigation of the effects of high-tension power lines has established any health threat to people.
Rerouting high-tension power lines away from heavily populated areas would hinder our ability to study the effects of power lines on people.
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