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Leslie L Allen's avatar

In the US, they often find clever ways to add dangerous preservatives, drugs and fresheners without putting it on the label at all. It works by the revolving door between the FDA regulators and the private companies they regulate. They write regulations by listening to lobbyists from private industry on what it needs to survive, so if the company has to put something that's not clearly safe in a product to sell it, they request it not be required on the label. The FDA employee, who wants a cushy private job when he leaves the government, then writes the regulations per the lobbyist's request. The consumer is then left in the dark about what they're buying their children and believe the product, in this case, milk, is a wholesome, healthy food product for their children. Meanwhile, the product is destroying the parent's dream of one day having grandchildren to spoil.

They used to call this kind of thing poisoning, but now it's just business as usual in America. America has the most expensive and advanced healthcare system in the world, but is 42nd in length of lifespan. It's things like Bovear, the government food pyramid and the childhood vaccination schedule that make us the sickest and most obese nation in the world.

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