As with many food safety issues, the use of pesticides is a controversial one. While there are potential dangers to pesticide use, there are many benefits as well. Which of the following are potential benefits of pesticide use?


A) Pesticides help prevent losses that would bankrupt many farmers.
B) Pesticides help ensure a cosmetically-attractive product that consumers have come to expect.
C) Pesticides sometimes create new pests because they destroy the predators that naturally keep plant-feeding insect populations in check.
D) Pesticide threat is acute, meaning that you can quickly gauge whether or not the pesticide is having a negative effect on a population.