Food and beverage industry lobbyists paid dozens of registered dietitians with millions of social media followers to promote aspartame and sugar, The Washington Post found. Aspartame is particularly dangerous for children and has been shown to be toxic to children’s brains, Dr. Michelle Perro, a pediatrician, told The Defender.

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In the midst of a global pandemic, Big Food and Big Ag made the most of the converging crises in order to tighten their grip on every link in the industrial food chain, according to a report by ETC Group.

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