Biotechnology has led to important improvements in agriculture. The creation of herbicide and insect-resistant crops has had which of the following effects?

a) decrease in the health risks of consuming farm-grown food
b) reduction in the environmental and financial costs of producing food
c) increase in susceptibility to soil-welling bacteria
d) reduction in the vitamins present in foods such as rice
e) increase in the safety of genetically modified foods


Ans: b) reduction in the environmental and financial costs of producing food

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