When Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) Was Introduced on a Large Scale in the Agricultural

Multiple Choice

When dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) was introduced on a large scale in the agricultural sector in the 1950s, it was perceived as safe by experts as well as laypeople. The inventor, Paul Muller, was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine for his work on DDT in 1948. However, in the 1960s, a group of scientists discovered that DDT is, as a matter of fact, extremely toxic. This shows that, in the 1960s, the

A) objective risk of DDT was higher than the subjective risk.
B) subjective risk of DDT was higher than the objective risk.
C) perceived risk of DDT was higher than the subjective risk.
D) perceived risk of DDT was lower than the subjective risk.