Center to End Corporate Harm

Researchers call for urgent new policies to rein in ultra-processed foods

Wide consumption of ultra-processed foods is the product of a corporate playbook drawn up by “Big Tobacco” decades ago that is contributing to a rising tide of health problems, according to a series of papers published Wednesday by the American Journal of Public Health.

Scientists cite disease “epidemic” in launch of new “Center to End Corporate Harm”

By Carey Gillam

Citing an “industrial epidemic of disease,” a group of scientists have launched an organization aimed at tracking and preventing diseases tied to pollution and products pushed by influential companies.