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Many Americans harbour a grossly distorted and exaggerated view of most of the risks surrounding food. Fergus Clydesdale, head o
Many Americans harbour a grossly distorted and exaggerated view of most of the risks surrounding food. Fergus Clydesdale, head o
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2019-06-20
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Many Americans harbour a grossly distorted and exaggerated view of most of the risks surrounding food. Fergus Clydesdale, head of the department of food science and nutrition at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, says bluntly that if the dangers from bacterially contaminated chicken were as great as some people believe. "The streets would be littered with people lying here and there.
Though the public increasingly demands no-risk food, there is no such thing. Bruce Ames, chairman of the biochemistry department at the University of California, Berkeley, points out that up to 10% of a plant’s weight is made up of natural pesticides. Says he: "Since plants do not have jaws or teeth to protect themselves, they employ chemical warfare. " And many naturally produced chemicals, though occurring in tiny amounts, prove in laboratory tests to be strong carcinogens—a substance which can cause cancer. Mushrooms might be banned if they were judged by the same standards that apply to food additives. Declares Christina Stark, a nutritionist at Cornell University-. "We’ve got fat worse natural chemicals in the food supply than anything man-made. "
Yet the issues are not that simple. While Americans have no reason to be terrified to sit down at the dinner table, they have every reason to demand significant improvements in food and water safety. They unconsciously and unwillingly take in too much of too many dangerous chemicals. If food already contains natural carcinogens, it does not make much sense to add dozens of new manmade ones. Though most people will withstand the small amounts of contaminants generally found in food and water, at least a few individuals will probably get cancer one day because of what they eat and drink.
To make good food and water supplies even better, the Government needs to tighten its regulatory standards, stiffen its inspection program and strengthen its enforcement policies. The food industry should modify some long-accepted practices or turn to less hazardous alternatives. Perhaps most important, consumers will have to do a better job of learning how to handle and cook food properly. The problems that need to be tackled exist all along the food-supply chain, from fields to processing plants to kitchens.
What does the author think of the Americans’ view of their food?
选项
A、They overstate the government’s interference with the food industry.
B、They are overoptimistic about the safety of their food.
C、They overestimate the hazards of their food.
D、They overlook the risks of the food they eat.
答案
C
解析
事实细节题。第一段第一句指出:很多美国人对于食品风险的看法是扭曲和夸张的,第二句进一步引用美国马萨诸塞大学安姆斯特分校食品科学系主任弗格斯-克莱兹代尔的话,说明食品风险并没有人们想象的那么严重。由此可知,作者认为人们过高地评估了食品风险,故答案为[C]项。文章第四段指出,政府应该强化食品安全标准, [A]项的说法与原文不一致,故排除;[B]项中的overoptimistic(过于乐观)和[D]项中的overlook(忽视)与文章第一段表述相反,故排除。
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