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Happy Birthday Dear Happy Meal

by Kevin McCann 03.30.2010

Why it matters:
Because this is supposed to be food.
Recap:
Joann Brusso is just like your grandma was when you were a kid, except when she buys her grand kids a Happy Meal from Mickey-D’s, she promptly puts it on the shelf [...]

High Fructose Corn Syrup is Packing Your Organs in Fat

by Kevin McCann 01.05.2010

Why it matters:
Because your body metabolizes fructose differently than other sugars (read: very poorly), and since the 1980s fructose has become a ubiquitous part of the American diet.
Recap:
A recent study by scientists at UC Davis lends more evidence to the [...]

You Have to Pay to Play…at the Beach.

by Clay Reed 06.02.2009

Why it matters:
The city does not have adequate funding to treat storm-water runoff, which poses serious environmental and health risks to residents and beach-goers.
Recap:
Los Angeles is in dire need of additional revenue to fund the treatment of storm-water runoff. [...]