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America's Corn Syrup Addiction Began With Deceit
If Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. wants more industries to support his plan to eliminate the sugar substitute, people must first understand the schemes that led to this sticky situation.
The truth is sour.
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Trivia quiz: What do Japan’s Fermentation Research Institute, Secretary of Agriculture Earl “Rusty” Butz and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan have in common?
Answer: Each, in their way, helped foster America’s widespread adoption of high fructose corn syrup, the sweetener that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has vowed to ban.