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Source: Princeton
Level: 3
The number of violations of environmental regulations recorded each year is directly proportional to the number of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials assigned to a particular industry: the more EPA officials there are to police it, the more a particular industry will be charged with violations. So, the allegedly environmentally insensitive chemical companies harm the environment no more than do other industries, but their violations provoke such strong public outcry and EPA reaction that they are charged with more violations than any other industry.
Which one of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the argument made by the author in the above passage?
- A Egregious violations of the Environmental Protection Act by other industries rarely receive the kind of publicity that chemical companies' violations do.
- B If less dramatic violations of the Environmental Protection Act by other industries were actively investigated, the number of recorded violations in these industries would increase dramatically.
- C The impact of the Environmental Protection Act on the U.S. chemical industry has significantly reduced environmental damage done by that industry.
- D The number of recorded violations of the Environmental Protection Act by a particular industry is always directly proportional to the number of EPA officers assigned to that industry.
- E Other industries have a higher compliance rate with Environmental Protection Act restrictions than does the chemical industry.