Meat tax: why taxing sausages and bacon could save hundreds of thousands of lives every year

posted by smallpond on Science

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Oh good. We need more government interference in our lives. Just give us information and let us decide our own futures, please.

[–] smallpond [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

Problem is we also screw up other people's futures while making personal choices. Somehow I doubt we can expect a meat tax anytime soon in the US.

[–] jobes 1 points (+1|-0)

So they want to tax something because it's "probably carcinogenic". Cool, when is the coffee tax coming? When is the fruit and vegetables grown with herbicide tax coming? When is the charcoal tax coming?

[–] smallpond [OP] 0 points (+0|-0)

The alcohol tax is already here. Sugar tax sounds like a sensible idea.

[–] Justintoxicated 1 points (+1|-0)

Here's quick chart on classifications of carcinogens, there's definitely quite a few vague areas

https://www.compoundchem.com/2015/10/26/carcinogens/

[–] smallpond [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

Thank God for Caprolactam!

Meat tax: why taxing sausages and bacon could save hundreds of thousands of lives every year

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