When government inspectors investigated the claims made by Upton Sinclair in The Jungle, they found that

Government inspectors investigated the meatpacking industry after Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle drew public attention to its conditions. Their findings showed that the unsanitary conditions were even worse than Sinclair had described, so D, “slaughterhouse conditions were even worse than Sinclair had reported,” is correct.

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