In the 1960s, a group of scientists in the United States developed a new method for producing aluminum, but it was not clear what the environmental implications of the method were. Some scientists worried that the new method would release toxic chemicals into the environment, while others believed that the method would be safer than the previous methods. The new method was eventually adopted by the aluminum industry, and its environmental effects have been studied extensively since then. Based on the passage, which of the following claims is best supported by the text?
","stem_html":"Which of the following claims is best supported by the text?
","rationale_html":"The passage states that it was not clear what the environmental implications of the new method were. This suggests that the environmental effects of the new method were not fully understood until after the method was adopted by the aluminum industry. The passage also states that the environmental effects have been studied extensively since then, which further supports the idea that the environmental effects were not fully understood until after the method was adopted.
","correct_answer":["D"],"has_media":false,"has_mathml":false,"has_table":false,"source_created_at":null,"source_updated_at":null,"options":[{"label":"A","content_html":"Scientists had no concerns about the environmental effects of the new method for producing aluminum.
","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"The environmental effects of the new method for producing aluminum were clear from the start.
","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"The environmental effects of the new method for producing aluminum were studied extensively before the method was adopted by the aluminum industry.
","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"The environmental effects of the new method for producing aluminum were not fully understood until after the method was adopted by the aluminum industry.
","ord":3}],"attribution":{"source_id":"opensat","source_name":"OpenSAT community question bank","rights_holder":"OpenSAT contributors","canonical_url":"https://github.com/Anas099X/OpenSAT","retrieved_from":"https://pinesat.duckdns.org/api/questions","attribution":"Reading and Writing practice questions from the OpenSAT community question bank, whose licence permits free use of the database.","disclaimer":"OpenSAT items are community-written or AI-generated practice material, not official College Board questions; quality varies.","license":"OpenSAT LICENSE.md: the database may be used freely, including commercially, without restriction. Code is separately restricted.","redistributable":true,"item_count":1406}}