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Or that they&#8217;re even health-neutral?  <\/p>\n<p>If trans fat is really dangerous, then petition (or sue) the FDA or the Dept of Agriculture to ban it.  Don&#8217;t take this sort of back-door approach to the whole thing.  <\/p>\n<p>Or try to educate the public.  Though, ironically, that might make the product lawsuit-safe, since the California law under which it&#8217;s filed exempts ingredients generally known to be dangerous, and (the filer claims) most people don&#8217;t know about the dangers of trans fat.<\/p>\n<p>Feh.<\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2003\/05\/12\/OREO.TMP\">BoingBoing<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lawsuit (in California, natch) seeks to prevent Nabisco from selling Oreos to minors. 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