Question ID:PT38 S1 Q23 Passage:Activist: Food producers irradiate food in order to prolong its shelf life. Five animal studies were recently conducted to investigate whether this process alters food in a way that could be dangerous to people who eat it. The studies concluded that irradiated food is safe for humans to eat. However, because these studies were subsequently found by a panel of independent scientists to be seriously flawed in their methodology, it follows that irradiated food is not safe for human consumption. Stem:The reasoning in the activist's argument is flawed because that argument Correct Answer Choice:AChoice A:treats a failure to prove a claim as constituting proof of the denial of that claim Choice B:treats methodological flaws in past studies as proof that it is currently not possible to devise methodologically adequate alternatives Choice C:fails to consider the possibility that even a study whose methodology has no serious flaws nonetheless might provide only weak support for its conclusion Choice D:fails to consider the possibility that what is safe for animals might not always be safe for human beings Choice E:fails to establish that the independent scientists know more about food irradiation than do the people who produced the five studies