America Quote by Eric Schlosser

Twenty years ago, teenage boys in the United States drank twice as much milk as soda; now they drink twice as much soda as…

— Eric Schlosser

So for everything I do, I'm very clear about what I'm doing, and I tell people what it's about. They get a sense of…

— Eric Schlosser

I never consciously set out to model myself after Upton Sinclair.

— Eric Schlosser

“The medical literature on the causes of food poisoning is full of euphemisms and dry scientific terms: coliform levels, aerobic plate counts, sorbitol, MacConkey…

— Eric Schlosser

A public outcry usually masks a private obsession.

— Eric Schlosser

Very few people realize that the U.S. government does not have the power to order the recall of contaminated meat.

— Eric Schlosser

Fast food is popular because it's convenient, it's cheap, and it tastes good. But the real cost of eating fast food never appears on…

— Eric Schlosser

The Golden Arches are now more widely recognized than the Christian cross.

— Eric Schlosser

Different people, in good faith, can look at the same fact and interpret it differently. But that's where an interesting conversation begins.

— Eric Schlosser

The current fast food that we have is inexpensive when you buy it, but the long-term costs of eating it and the long-term costs…

— Eric Schlosser

“The cable and the X-unit both had female plugs. Somehow the cable had been installed backward. It would take a couple of days to…

— Eric Schlosser

A generation ago, three-quarters of the money used to buy food in the United States was spent to prepare meals at home. Today about…

— Eric Schlosser