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  • Essay / Movie Review: Food, Inc. By Eric Schlosser - 924

    One would be shocked to discover that chickens are raised twice as fast as they were 50 years ago, but end up growing twice as big. Having realized that people like white meat, companies like Tyson decided to redesign chicken to have big breasts. All this comes at the expense of consumer health (Food, Inc., 2008). The price may be cheaper and the quantity relatively higher, but the health implications are a major cause for concern. Refurbishing the chicken and inducing its growth is done through the use of various steroidal drugs which can remain in the chicken's body and ingested by