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Sugars are fundamental bio-molecules and are essential for life.

So is carbon dioxide, but in the political vernacular it's now a "pollutant".

Obviously there is a sense in which it's true that sugar can be toxic and carbon dioxide can pollute, but these kinds of word games aren't meant to convey that sense, they're designed to confuse people. I think less of the writers and politicians who use them.



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