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Banned In Europe, Standard In America: 07 Brominated vegetable oil added to citrus drinks banned in EU and Japan removed by PepsiCo and Coca-C
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reaffirmed brominated vegetable oil (BVO) as “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS) for use in ci…
Banned In Europe, Standard In America: 06 Arsenic in chicken feed used to promote growth and improve meat color withdrawn by FDA only in 2015
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET For 68 years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) permitted poultry producers to feed chickens arsenic-based drugs—specifically roxarsone, ni…
Banned In Europe, Standard In America: 05 Beta-agonists in beef ractopamine and zilpaterol fed to cattle banned in EU caused beef export dispu
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2013, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) found that ractopamine—a beta-agonist fed to cattle to increase lean muscle—could cause elevated h…
Banned In Europe, Standard In America: 04 rBGH and rBST synthetic growth hormones injected into dairy cows to increase milk production banned
THE ONE FACT THEY WON'T FORGET In 1993, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH/rBST) for commercial use in dairy cows—despite …
Banned In Europe, Standard In America: 03 Atrazine herbicide linked to hormonal disruption in amphibians at very low concentrations banned in
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2002, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved atrazine—a herbicide linked to hormonal disruption in amphibians at concentrations a…
Banned In Europe, Standard In America: 02 Chlorinated chicken washing poultry in chlorine dioxide banned in EU as masking poor hygiene standar
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved the use of chlorine dioxide washes for poultry at concentrations up to 50 parts per milli…
Banned In Europe, Standard In America: 01 Ractopamine drug fed to pigs and cattle to promote lean muscle growth banned in 160 countries includ
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved ractopamine—a drug fed to pigs and cattle to accelerate lean muscle growth—despite internal agen…
American Legal System Works If You Have Money: 30 The OJ Simpson civil vs criminal verdict same evidence different standards of proof different outcom
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 1997, a civil jury ordered O.J. Simpson to pay $33.5 million to the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman—yet by 2024, the Goldman f…
American Legal System Works If You Have Money: 29 Death row exonerations 190 death row inmates exonerated since 1973 unknown number executed while inn
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET Since 1973, 190 people sentenced to death in the United States have been exonerated—cleared of all charges after years, sometimes decades, on death r…
American Legal System Works If You Have Money: 28 Mass incarceration economics United States has 5 percent of world population and 25 percent of world
THE ONE FACT THEY WON'T FORGET In 2022, the United States spent $80.7 billion on corrections—more than the GDP of 133 countries, including Kenya, Guatemala, and Luxembourg. That sa…
American Legal System Works If You Have Money: 27 Regulatory revolving door SEC lawyers who dont prosecute get hired by the firms they didnt prosecute
THE ONE FACT THEY WON'T FORGET Between 2010 and 2020, at least 219 former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawyers and senior officials took jobs at law firms or financial …
American Legal System Works If You Have Money: 26 Campaign finance as legal bribery corporations can spend unlimited money on political campaigns sinc
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In the 2012 U.S. election cycle, the top 0.01% of political donors—just 30,000 people—contributed 29% of all disclosed federal campaign funds, while …
American Legal System Works If You Have Money: 25 Offshore accounts IRS estimates 150 billion lost annually to offshore tax evasion pursued aggressive
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2022, the IRS Criminal Investigation division referred 1,510 cases of offshore tax evasion for prosecution—98% of them against individuals. Not a …
American Legal System Works If You Have Money: 24 Corporate personhood corporations have free speech rights allowing unlimited political spending unde
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that corporations have a First Amendment right to spend unlim…
American Legal System Works If You Have Money: 23 Qualified immunity police cannot be sued for civil rights violations unless the exact violation was
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2014, a police officer in Coffee County, Georgia, fired his gun through the window of a moving car, killing a 10-year-old boy sitting in the backs…
American Legal System Works If You Have Money: 22 Non-disclosure agreements legal tool to buy silence of victims of powerful people
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2017, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) found that 36% of sexual harassment settlements in American workplaces included non-…
American Legal System Works If You Have Money: 21 SLAPP suits Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation corporations sue individuals into silenc
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2019, a Texas energy company sued a 78-year-old retired librarian for $1 million after she posted a single Yelp review calling a local contractor …
American Legal System Works If You Have Money: 20 Securities fraud prosecution rate SEC referred 95 percent fewer cases for prosecution after 2008 tha
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In the five years before the 2008 financial crisis, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) referred an average of 69 securities fraud case…
American Legal System Works If You Have Money: 19 White collar sentencing guidelines fraud causing billions gets lighter sentences than street crime c
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2009, Bernie Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison for a $65 billion Ponzi scheme—the largest financial fraud in U.S. history. That same yea…
American Legal System Works If You Have Money: 18 Legal fees as punishment being found innocent still costs tens of thousands in legal fees with no re
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2019, a Texas man spent 1,001 days in jail awaiting trial for a murder he did not commit. When prosecutors finally dismissed the case, he was bill…