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High Fructose Corn Syrup To Get a Makeover 646

An anonymous reader writes "With its sweetener linked to obesity, some cancers and diabetes, the Corn Refiners Association (CRA) doesn't want you to think 'fructose' when you see high fructose corn syrup in your soda, ketchup or pickles. Instead, the AP reports, the CRA submitted an application to the FDA, hoping to change the name of their top-selling product to 'corn sugar.'"

Comment Re:Some ideas on HTHB's failure, from a HTHB paren (Score 1) 190

Having worked at HTH Bayshore (not as faculty), I can agree that this poster is generally correct. They leave out several administrative, and political reasons why this school failed as well. This district is notorious for attempting to kill charter high schools in the area, and the school board is very antagonistic toward charter high schools. There was another failed one, "Aurora" High School, that encountered many of the same issues just a few years previous. That said, the charter school model is not a flawed one - the execution of this particular one was.

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