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Sarah Gonzalez

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1478 total appearances

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Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

That's how it entered the food supply, through the secret grass door.

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

And it can be really hard to bring a case against a food company, even when there is a mass poisoning and a bunch of people, like Carol, lose their gallbladders.

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

Daily Harvest said that we cooked it wrong, blamed us, also comped the cost of whatever it was, which was like, I don't know, 12 bucks or whatever.

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

No, I think it was they gave us credit.

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

They gave us Daily Harvest.

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

Credit for more?

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

For more Daily Harvest products?

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

Daily Harvest products were like these pre-made frozen meals that you get delivered to your home, like a home delivery meal thing.

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

And the people who signed up for this service signed a terms of service agreement that basically said you could not sue the company in court.

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

You'd have to arbitrate, which is much friendlier for corporations, even though, you know, like people got super, super sick.

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

Including babies, including babies who were breastfeeding their mom's milk.

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

Yeah.

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

Oh, from the breast milk?

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

Yeah.

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

Nursing moms who ate the lentils, their babies got sick.

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

And, oh, yeah.

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

You know who didn't sign those terms of services?

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

Those nursing babies.

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

I'm pretty sure that's how the lawsuit was able to go forward because the babies couldn't sign the arbitrary clause.

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

No way.