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Conclusion The relaxation of regulations governing the manufacture and sale of new medicines to increase their availability should not be accompanied by a lifting of all regulations that restrict industrial activity generally. ██████ ██████ █████████████ ███████████ ███ ███████████ ██████████ ███████ ██ ██████ ███ ███████ ████ ██████ ████████ ███ █████ █ █████ ████████ ██ ███ █████████ ███ ███████ ████ ██████ ███ ████████ █ ███████ ████████████ ████████ █████ ████████ █████████ ███ ████████ ██████ ██ ███ ██████████ ██ ███████████ █████████ ███ ███████████ ███ ████ ██ ███ ██████████
Summarize Argument: Counter-Position
The author concludes that the relaxing of regulations for the manufacturing of new drugs to increase their availability should not come with relaxation of regulations for industrial activity in general. As support for the general claim made in the conclusion, the author cites a specific case: endangered plants and animals will become extinct without strict environmental regulations. Many new medicines come from plants and animals, so the extinction of plants and animals resulting from relaxation of regulations could impair the medicine development.
Identify Argument Part
The statement in the question stem serves to demonstrate how general relaxation of regulations could negatively impact the manufacture of new medicines. It connects the extinction of plants and animals with the availability and development of new medicines.
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The statement that a large ████████ ██ ███ █████████ ███ ███████ ████ ██████ ███ ███████ █████ █████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ █████ ██ ███ █████████
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Plants and animals are brought up in the argument to support the importance of environmental regulations; the author does not take a position on whether or not research into medical uses for plants and animals should be restricted.
b
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The statement in the question stem is used as support for the author’s argument; it is not used as support for an argument with which the author disagrees.
c
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The claim in the question stem is used to support the value of environmental regulations; the claim is not used to argue against overregulation of industrial activity. Further, there is no illustration of potential disaster.
d
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The statement in the question stem demonstrates the connection between environmental regulation and continued manufacture and sale of new medicines; it shows why a lack of environmental regulations could have a negative impact on drug availability.
e
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The hypothesis in (E) is not the a claim made in the argument; the author is only saying that we should not lift all industrial regulations.