Fast Food Conspiracies, Part 2: A Frightening Combo of Money, Food and Scale

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Fast Food Conspiracies, Part 2: A Frightening Combo of Money, Food and Scale

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Fast food restaurants have spread across the globe -- and this industry's effect goes far beyond convenient fries or refillable soda. In the second part of this two-part series,
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