As I sit down to write this column, Halloween is right around the corner. Strolling through my neighborhood, I've noticed a wide variety of goblins, ghouls, and tombstones decorating the lawns. In a Halloween frame of mind, I'd like to suggest a plot for a future horror movie. Imagine a place where the population receives about a quarter of their calories from a poison that is disguised as food. The overlords of this society have not only labeled this toxic substance "generally safe"....
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