Eric Schlosser
Eric Schlosser
Eric Matthew Schlosseris an American journalist and author known for investigative journalism, such as in his books Fast Food Nation, Reefer Madness, and Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth17 August 1959
CountryUnited States of America
school might feedback
During my school visits, I really enjoy the feedback I get from them much more than anything I might tell say to them.
matter facts cases
As a matter of fact, most cases of food poisoning are never linked back to their source.
cain united-states murder
The fear of murder has grown so enormous in the United States that it leaves a taint, like the mark of Cain, on everyone murder touches.
food practice trying
The fast-food industry is in very good company with the lead industry and the tobacco industry in how it tries to mislead the public, and how aggressively it goes after anybody who criticizes its business practices.
school interesting students
I really like visiting schools, but what I tell students isn't anywhere near as interesting to me as what they tell me.
attitude technology thinking
Future historians, I hope, will consider the American fast food industry a relic of the twentieth century--a set of attitudes, systems, and beliefs that emerged from postwar southern California, that embodied its limitless faith in technology, that quickly spread across the globe, flourished briefly, and then receded, once its true costs became clear and its thinking became obsolete.
animal years lines
The way we eat has changed more in the last 50 years than in the previous 10,000…. Now our food is coming from enormous assembly lines where the animals and the workers are being abused, and the food has become much more dangerous in ways that are deliberately hidden from us. This isn’t just about what we’re eating. It’s about what we’re allowed to say. What we’re allowed to know.
mcdonalds ethos circles
The life's work of Walt Disney and Ray Kroc had come full-circle, uniting in perfect synergy. McDonald's began to sell its hamburgers and french fries at Disney's theme parks. The ethos of McDonaldland and of Disneyland, never far apart, have finally become one. Now you can buy a Happy Meal at the Happiest Place on Earth.
softball animal government
Today the U.S. government can demand the nation-wide recall of defective softball bats, sneakers, stuffed animals, and foam-rubber toy cows. But it cannot order a meatpacking company to remove contaminated, potentially lethal ground beef from fast food kitchens and supermarket shelves.
obsession mask
A public outcry usually masks a private obsession.
mcdonalds pioneers retail
McDonald's has been extraordinary at site selection; it was a pioneer in studying the best places for retail locations. One of the things it did is study very carefully where sprawl was headed.
thinking eating fast-food
I'd been eating fast food all my life without thinking about it. And the more I learned about the subject, the more intrigued I became.
teenage boys years
Twenty years ago, teenage boys in the United States drank twice as much milk as soda; now they drink twice as much soda as milk.
strong children real
There's a real strong link today between soda consumption and obesity among children.