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
shutterstockAhmet Misirligul/ShutterstockYou 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...