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The Profitable Destruction of Americans' Health

The Profitable Destruction of Americans' Health

Left unsaid in all the statistics and handwringing is the obvious truth: all this unhealthy junk food is immensely profitable.

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Oct 24, 2023
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The destruction caused by decay is just as catastrophic as the destruction wrought by calamity. The difference is we don't notice the decay until it's too late. When a wood-frame house is knocked down by a hurricane, earthquake or bulldozer, we are stunned and mortified by the destruction. But when termites or dry-rot eat away the framing for years unti…

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