Support The studies showing that increased consumption of fruits and vegetables may help decrease the incidence of some types of cancer do not distinguish between organically grown and nonorganically grown produce; they were conducted with produce at least some of which contained pesticide residues. βββ βββββββ βββ ββββ ββ βββββ ββ ββββββββ ββββββββββ ββββ βββββ ββ ββ βββββββββ ββββββ ββββ ββββββββββ ββββ ββββββ ββββββ βββ ββββββββββ ββββββββββ βββββββββ βββββββββ
The argument starts by explaining that studies did not differentiate between produce that was organically grown and produce that contained pesticide residues when these studies found a correlation between increased consumption of fruits and vegetables and decreased incidence of some types of cancer. The argument then concludes that said lack of differentiation proves that eating produce containing pesticide residues does not lead to any increased health risks.
This is a cookie-cutter hasty generalization flaw, in which the author draws a broad conclusion from too little evidence. The argument uses evidence about a combined set (organic and nonorganic produce) to draw a broad conclusion about a distinction between groups within that set. Furthermore, the conclusion makes a claim about health risks generally, while the studies from the premise only mention some types of cancer.
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Research has shown ββββ βββββ ββββββ βββ βββββ βββββββββββ βββ βββββββ βββ ββββ ββββ ββ βββββββββ βββββββ βββββββββββ βββ ββ ββββ ββββ ββββββ ββ ββββββ ββββββββ ββ βββββββββ ββββ βββββ βββ ββββββ ββββ β βββββββ ββββ βββ βββββ βββββ ββββ βββββ ββββ βββββ ββ βββ ββ ββββββββββ βββββββ ββββ ββββββββββ ββββ βββββββ β ββββββββββ ββββ ββββ βββββββ β ββββ
Research has shown ββββ βββββββ βββββββ ββββββ ββββββ βββββββββββ βββββββ ββ ββββββββ ββββ βββββ βββββββ ββββββββ βββ ββββ βββββ βββββββ βββββ ββββββββ βββ βββββ ββ ββββββ ββββββ ββββ ββ βββββββ βββββββ βββββ βββ ββββββββββ ββ βββββββ ββββ ββ βββββββββββ βββββββββ βββββββββ ββββββββββ ββββ βββββ ββββββ βββββββ ββββββ ββββ ββββ βββββ βββββββ βββββββ βββββββ
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