In each of the following, say what you can about the acceptability of the claims made there. 6.7.1 The fi rst three paragraphs of passage 57 in the Questions appendix. 6.7.2 Questions appendix,...

In each of the following, say what you can about the acceptability of the claims made there.

6.7.1 The fi rst three paragraphs of passage 57 in the Questions appendix.

6.7.2 Questions appendix, passage 40.

6.7.3 The huge Norwegian company called Norsk Hydro wants to grow more fi sh in the sea by spreading fertiliser over the ocean. The company, which is the world’s biggest producer of fertilisers, believes that this will grow more marine algae, which in turn will encourage the expansion of fi sh stocks. Marine scientists from Sweden and Canada who reviewed the plan at the request of the Norwegian Research Council say it is unlikely to work. They say it ignores basic principles of marine ecology and could do irreversible damage. (Adapted from ‘Norway’s fi sh plan “a recipe for disaster”’, New Scientist, 13 January 1996, p. 4)