Should soda have a sugar warning? - Backtalk - Letter to the Editor

In April's Backtalk in News and Notes, we asked if food manufacturers should be held responsible for the associated health risks of their foods. Here's what you said:

Stay Out of the Courts

People know exactly what types of food lead to obesity, but they choose to indulge. They absolutely should not be able to sue the food makers [for the negative health consequences].

Priscilla J. Pena
Washington, D.C., via email

Sue 'em!

Food products are routinely laced with sugar to promote sales at the expense of people's health. I'm all for lawsuits aimed at compensating those who have been damaged.

Jane Moodie
Eugene, Ore., via email

Make Healthy Choices

We're responsible for what we put in our bodies. No one is forcing anyone to eat all the junk that's out there.

Charles Long
Burlington, Colo., via email

For this issue's Backtalk question on whether it's ethically and morally okay to clone pets, see page 24.

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