Question

Which of the situations below describes an ethical dilemma related to food
engineering?
A. Organic produce spoils more quickly and is harder to grow
because it does not use pesticides.
O
B. Irrigation systems can be used to water large fields of agricultural
crops.
O
C. A fruit-growing company uses a pesticide to protect its pineapples
from being eaten before harvest
O
D. Pesticides protect our crops, but some studies show that they
cause consumers to gain weight.
SUBMIT

Answer 1

The best situation that describes the ethical dilemma related to food engineering is that Pesticides protect our crops, but some studies show that they cause consumers to gain weight.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Ethical dilemma is a generally known as a decision making problem which might have both positive and negative causes.  In the above case, All other option such as A, B, C doesn’t seems to be having both positive and negative causes.

But option D gives us both a positive and negative causes of the pesticides that it protects but on the other hand also causes weight gain to the consumers.  Hence option D can be concluded as the correct answer.

Answer 2

Answer:

Pesticides protect our crops, but some European countries have linked them to thyroid disorders.

Explanation:

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