Question

Read the excerpt from "GM Food: Fuel for Our Future.” Also, crops can be genetically engineered to be more nutritious. Golden rice, for example, has been altered to have more vitamin A than spinach. This is important because according to Scientific American, "Vitamin A deficiency causes more than one million deaths annually and half a million cases of irreversible blindness in the developing world.” Golden rice alone could help save millions of lives and prevent blindness. Overall, our growing world desperately needs GM food to survive. The food these crops produce costs less and is safer and more nutritious than anything you could get from a traditional crop. As you can see, the benefits of GM food outweigh the far-fetched, unsubstantiated risks that critics have put forth. Which phrases from the excerpt support the author’s argument that genetically modified food is safe? Check all that apply. more vitamin A you can see could help save traditional crop unsubstantiated risks more nutritious

Answer 1

more vitamin A
could help save traditional crops 
more nutritious

These three statements show how the author is proving that Genetically Modified food is safe, and even further, that it's good for people. There are more vitamins, regular crops might be able to grow better, and they bring more nutrition to more people.