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The Case Against Big Food: California’s new lawsuit against major food companies borrows strategies once used against the tobacco industry, arguing that certain ultra-processed foods are intentionally engineered to be addictive and harmful to public health. How should we think about responsibility in this context, where personal choice and freedom intersect with corporate design, profit incentives, and population-level health consequences? What precedents might this set for other industries built on products that are legal, popular, and potentially harmful?

https://hls.harvard.edu/today/the-new-case-against-ultraprocessed-food/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inCEbKyWYwg

https://healthpolicy-watch.news/us-city-sues-ultra-processed-food-companies-seeking-restitution-for-health-costs/#:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5946262/

https://californiaglobe.com/fr/san-franciscos-misdirected-lawsuit-fix-snap-instead/#: