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a. the entire industrialized agriculture business switched to integrated pest management
b. genetically modified foods were grown exclusively
c. pheromone traps were used more effectively to capture pests
d. EPA standards for pre-1972 pesticides were as strict as standards for later pesticides
e. the government banned just one of the worst pesticides from use


D

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