If a banana is labeled "organic", it _____
a. is more nutritious than a conventionally grown banana
b. has not been grown on land treated with synthetic fertilizers, herbicides, or pesticides
c. might have been grown from genetically modified seeds
d. might have been treated by irradiation
e. means nothing because organic foods are not regulated
b
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