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We think we control our health – but corporations selling forever chemicals, fossil fuels and ultra-processed foods have a much greater role

  • Written by: Nick Chartres, Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Medicine & Health, University of Sydney
We think we control our health – but corporations selling forever chemicals, fossil fuels and ultra-processed foods have a much greater roleshutterstockAhmet Misirligul/Shutterstock

You go to the gym, eat healthy and walk as much as possible. You wash your hands and get vaccinated. You control your health. This is a common story we tell ourselves. Unfortunately, it’s not quite true.

Factors outside our control have huge influence – especially products which can sicken or...

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