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Re:50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists to B... by readflaggedcomm on Saturday February 13, 2021 @08:23PM (#26128807)
I didn't believe the anti-fat propaganda, but I had precious few tools to convince others. Now we have an embarrassment of useful information, and most people pay attention to shoddy analysis to support anti-science ad-hoc statutes, instead. But at least I can satisfy myself on the facts.

Nothing has changed at all, really.

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Re:50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists to B... by ta8645 on Sunday February 14, 2021 @12:02AM (#26129837)
> Nothing has changed at all, really.

That's exactly right. So we're equally vulnerable to corrupted science as all the people before us who fell victim to the examples listed above.

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