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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Feb 4 18:18:13 2016, in response to Re: $19 Trillion, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Feb 4 12:42:29 2016. There's always a government conspiracy, isn't there? :)In 1991, the company was the subject of regional news coverage when a smear campaign was launched against A-Treat as it tried to sell its sodas in New York City. The campaign, which targeted African Americans, claimed certain brands of carbonated beverages — including those produced by A-Treat — were actually manufactured by the Ku Klux Klan and contained stimulants that would "sterilize the black man".[6] Investigations by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and New York City's Department of Health found the claims to be unsubstantiated and untrue. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-Treat_Bottling_Company ) So you see? It was that invisible hand of capitalism that did it, not OSHA ... |
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