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by aditya8062 » Mon Apr 21, 2014 1:53 am
The Environmental Protection Agency frequently puts mandatory controls on toxic substances that present as little risk as one in a million chances to cause cancer.

(A) as little risk as one in a million chances to cause

(B) as little risk as one chance in a million of causing

(C) as little risk as one chance in a million that it will cause

(D) a risk as little as one chance in a million for causing

(E) a risk as little as one chance in a million for it to cause

my doubt :how do i decide between "a risk as little" and "as little risk as" .also how do we decide between "of causing" / "to cause" / "for causing"
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by theCodeToGMAT » Mon Apr 21, 2014 3:24 am
[spoiler]{B}?[/spoiler]
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by Uva@90 » Mon Apr 21, 2014 6:11 am
Hi Aditya,
Is OA B ?

Idiom tested here is Chance .....of...
So, Option B is correct.

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by GMATGuruNY » Mon Apr 21, 2014 8:09 am
aditya8062 wrote:The Environmental Protection Agency frequently puts mandatory controls on toxic substances that present as little risk as one in a million chances to cause cancer.

(A) as little risk as one in a million chances to cause

(B) as little risk as one chance in a million of causing

(C) as little risk as one chance in a million that it will cause

(D) a risk as little as one chance in a million for causing

(E) a risk as little as one chance in a million for it to cause

my doubt :how do i decide between "a risk as little" and "as little risk as" .also how do we decide between "of causing" / "to cause" / "for causing"
The primary issue here is IDIOM.
Correct idiom: RISK OF X.
Only B offers the correct idiom:
...toxic substances that present ..little RISK...OF CAUSING CANCER.

The correct answer is B.

I wouldn't worry about any potential difference between as little risk as and a risk as little as.
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