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TIL about "Swill milk" where cows were fed distillery waste causing cow teeth rot and disease. It was also adulterated with raw eggs, burn sugar, etc. Swill milk lead to over 8,000 infant's deaths (en.wikipedia.org)
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[โ€“] someguy3 46 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Surely the free market solved this, right? /s

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

the same way it solves education and health care.. by letting people who can't protect themselves suffer and die ignorant, while a few assholes get rich..