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Fast Food Nation: What the All-American Meal is Doing to the World
by: Eric Schlosser

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 338
EAN: 9780141006871
ISBN: 0141006870
Label: Penguin Books Ltd
Manufacturer: Penguin Books Ltd
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: April 04, 2002
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Sales Rank: 50480
Studio: Penguin Books Ltd

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Eric Schlosser has visited the state of the art labs where scientists recreate the flavors and smells of everything from cooked chicken to fresh strawberries in the test tube and he has spoken to workers at meat packing plants with some of the worst safety records in the world. He explores the links between Hollywood and the fast food trade, and the tactics used to target ever younger consumers. In a meticulously researched and powerfully argued account, 'Fast Food Nation' reveals the full price of our appetite for instant gratification.

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- Mostly Already Done!!!
I won’t bore the readers with the same information found above and below, and in other additions, however I will say there are a few words that have come to mind that would accurately describe some of the characters profiled by the author during his research….

Traitors - the cattlemen’s associations, the meat industry players and others (aka corporations ) for their distribution of bad meats, to the public , their disgraceful *middle ages* treatment of the animals that is our food, serving up to the public medically untested genetically modified foods….

Treasonous - the politicians and political parties that do nothing but let this industry slide with the abuse of workers, environmentally screwing up small towns and skate the laws of the land…

Milqetoast - the government employees and agencies who fail to sight the offending parties, for slithering past immigration ... Read More

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- Wake Up, America
This book essentially tells several facets to the fast food industry. It goes into detail discussing how some companies in this industry were launched into the monetary success they enjoy today. It discusses what's in the food they sell you, with on site evaluations and observations by the author at many different butcheries and plantations.

This is a good book for getting a fairly complete insight into the fast food industry. It WILL change the way you think about fast food if you're not already at least skeptical (which you ought to be!) I recommend this to anyone curious about what makes that food taste so good and feel so addicting. It's also a great background and historical recap of how the industry came to be and some of the key players.

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