{"product_id":"9780525949510","title":"The Hundred-Year Lie: How Food and Medicine are Destroying Your Health","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCombining the impact of the classic bestseller \u003ci\u003eSilent Spring\u003c\/i\u003e with \u003ci\u003eFast Food Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hundred-Year Lie\u003c\/i\u003e presents a devastating exposé of how chemicals in everyday products are ruining our health.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Over the past one hundred years, we have been guinea pigs in a vast chemistry experiment that uses our bodies, our health, and our good will to test the proposition that modern science can improve upon nature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Hundred-Year Lie\u003c\/i\u003e, investigative journalist RandallFitzgerald shatters dozens of myths being perpetuated by the chemical, pharmaceutical and processed food industries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Find out why you would never be FDA-approved—and why humans are becoming one of the most polluted species on the planet:\u003cbr\u003e • The average American now carries a “body burden” of 700 or more synthetic chemicals, including Teflon, plastics, and dozens of pesticides.\u003cbr\u003e • Musk fragrances used in detergents and air fresheners are not filtered out by our current water treatment facilities, ending up in our drinking water.\u003cbr\u003e • The artificial sweetener aspartame, an ingredient in 1,200 food products from diet drinks to chewing gum, has been linked to eighty-eight toxic symptoms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFitzgerald not only sheds light on the problems we face from the unprecedented chemical onslaught, he presents suggestions for what we can to do to turn the tide.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47014992609520,"sku":"9780525949510","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780525949510_p0.jpg?v=1763711029","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780525949510","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}