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Heatwaves and droughts are a bonanza for junk food companies
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During heatwaves, companies often unleash a barrage of advertisements, many of them for sugary drinks and junk food.
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Lindsey Smith Taillie
It’s hard to find drinking water in La Guajira, an arid peninsula in northern Colombia, where drought and overuse are sucking wells and small reservoirs dry.
When there’s no water, people turn to soda.
