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Sarah Gonzalez

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1478 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

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

Like you're doing this?

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

Like it's like you, the lawyer, finds the link, not the FDA?

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

Yeah, taking the food companies to court meant Bill could peer behind the secret door, deposition the companies under oath, require them to produce documents under penalty of perjury, ask them questions about where this terra flower came from.

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

This company in Peru has for a long time made this thing called Terra Gum, which is used in like ice cream and other things.

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

And they started manufacturing this thing called Terra Flour.

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

Totally different product.

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

And they were like pitching it around.

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

Like, hey, we found a cool flower.

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

It's from a tree, right?

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

It's from a territory.

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

It's from a tree, all natural.

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

And this food importer in the U.S., Smirks, bit.

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

Bill says there was this one safety study done in Peru on rats.

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

But he says no one, not Daily Harvest, not Smurfs, not Molinos, asked the big questions.

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

But they had the rat study.

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

Molinos had the rat study.

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

Is that not a scientific?

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

No, it's not.

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

Why?

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

Okay, except though, Bill, from everything I know about grass, that is exactly how it works.