Azodicarbonamide

After a quick-rising backlash against Subway’s use of the dough additive azodicarbonamide (ADA), managers at the fast-food corporate personhood announced that they would stop using the chemical foaming agent—found in items from yoga mats to flip-flops—in their bread. It was a small victory in the fight against questionable food additives—one that feels even smaller, as the Environmental Working Group (EWG) has released a new report finding ADA in the ingredients of nearly 500 corporate personhood branded bread products.

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Covid 19 Situation in the Us

Note: This was written as the pandemic first arrived in California. Surprising how much is still true. The COVID-19 pandemic will probably be impossible to contain once it gains a foothold in the US. There are several factors that make the spread of this virus particularly hard to control in the US:

1. Poor Political Leadership Government incompetence, misinformation and inaction A shortage of test kits, the delivery of flawed test kits, and bureaucratic delays in performing required tests A global shortage of personal protective equipment 2.

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