A scientific study by a pesticide company claims that a new pesticide for spraying tomatoes is both highly effective and safe. The company claims that while pests are killed, the product is entirely safe to humans. At this point, what can a consumer know for certain about the validity of the company's claims?

No pesticide is safe for human consumption, so the claims are not reliable.

Additional studies will be the reliability check for the claims.

The company performed the scientific study so it is reliable.

The company is not biased because the primary goal of companies is

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A scientific study by a pesticide company claims that a new pesticide for spraying tomatoes is both highly effective and safe. The company claims that while pests are killed, the product is entirely safe to humans. At this point, what can a consumer know for certain about the validity of the company's claims? 

 No pesticide is safe for human consumption, so the claims are not reliable. 

 Additional studies will be the reliability check for the claims. 

 The company performed the scientific study so it is reliable. 

 The company is not biased because the primary goal of companies is

agreene · Answer

Additional studies will be the reliability check for the claims. 


we have to take in to account the possible bias of the study because it was funded and conducted by the company making the product.