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cagreen833

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The EPA sets forth a reference dose for a pesticide. This represents:
 a. the amount of the chemical permitted to be sprayed on a crop per growing season.
  b. the amount of a chemical that could be consumed daily without posing any health risk.
  c. the amount of a chemical permitted to be sprayed on a field over a 5-year period.
  d. the amount of a chemical that could be consumed yearly without posing any health risk.

Question 2

Most additives that pose any potential risk are allowed in foods only at levels _____ of those at which the risk is still known to be zero.
 a. 1/10
  b. 1/50
  c. 1/100
  d. 1/1,000



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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

c



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