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Re:In China, Desperate Patients Smuggle Drugs or Make Their Own by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @02:45PM (#18444209)
I think only a fringe call that a scandal since it doesn't involve outright deception. It all depends on whether you think someone should save people from themselves.

Sugar has probably killed more than millions, which has definitely been driven by corporate profits and gaming the system (substituting sugar for fat). But again, Coke Cola and Mars (and yes, Nestle) haven't been consider a scandal yet.

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Re:In China, Desperate Patients Smuggle Drugs or Make Their Own by meds2010 on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @03:03PM (#18444366)
some would call sugar a scandal, probably with valid reasoning too:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sugar-harvard-scandal-nutriti...

And they both clearly involve outright deception. The difference is probably just not as many babies dying. At least not yet, cokes aren't advertised as being healthier than breastfeeding for babies.

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Re:In China, Desperate Patients Smuggle Drugs or Make Their Own by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @04:26PM (#18445059)
Formula is healthier than brestfeeding in some aspects (much less chance of an iron deficiency). In much of the world, there is no stigma to formula feeding a baby; I think it is mainly the USA that has gone on an aggressive breastfeeding campaign in the last few years.
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