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Trans-fats? Interesting case where factory-based food engineering based on waste products was sold as a healthier alternative to "natural" products (butter, lar
by scholia 12y ago
Trans-fats? Interesting case where factory-based food engineering based on waste products was sold as a healthier alternative to "natural" products (butter, lard).
And while it's easy to blame P&G in retrospect, trans-fats had the support of the US government food administration, reputable scientists and academics.
As for lead in gasoline, that was a case where the US government was warned of the health hazards (and workers died of lead poisoning) but still allowed it.
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/11/why-lead-used-to-be-added-to-gasoline/ http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/11/why-lead-use...
- dragonwriter 12y agoIn both cases the government support was a result of active industry lobbying, so it's hard to see how it absolves the industry participants of responsibility.
- scholia 12y agoI'm not excusing the industry lobbying: a lot of it was reprehensible. Still, a lot of America's bad nutrition advice came from bad (or at least, not very good) science.