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 author’s argument that genetically modified food is safe? select three options. ☐ more vitamin a ☐ you can see ☐ could help save ☐ traditional crop ☐ unsubstantiated risks ☐ more nutritious

Explanation:

1. "could help save" refers to GM crops (like golden rice) preventing deaths from vitamin A deficiency, supporting safety/benefit.
2. "unsubstantiated risks" dismisses critics' safety concerns, reinforcing the author's claim that GM food is safe.
3. "more nutritious" is directly stated as a positive, safe attribute of GM food compared to traditional crops.

Answer:

• could help save
• unsubstantiated risks
• more nutritious