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I hate this mentality. Why does it have to be proved to be sure it is unhealthy? It should be the other way around. It has to be proved to be healthy for you to

• rdtsc 11y ago
  The mentality is not accidental, it is a cornerstone element in propaganda related to health and environmental concerns. It used by oil companies, agro-businesses, and other industries, and of course tobacco companies. As part of their campaigns over the years they have instilled those ideas pretty well at at fundamental level in everyone's minds specifically that: 1) Stuff is safe unless we have hard scientific evidence that it is not 2) One should not interfere with or harass big companies too much, because if you hurt them it will hurt the economy. They know what they are doing, are smarter, have better scientists and in general are mature enough to police themselves. 3) Only conspiracy theory people, hippies, and communists worry about health and mother earth, those people are irrational and crazy. You don't want to be like them. You want to be an American. When consumers would say "we'd like to label explicitly this and that", or "this seems unhealthy, we should probably disallow its usage in food" the reply is "Where is your sauce? Do you have hard science? No? Ok then we are a rational science based society so we should allow it". It is a very effective tactic in general and no wonder it is used all the time.
  • mokkol 11y ago
    Hearing my own thoughts when I'm reading your comment. Cheers for writing it down in clear english!