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Sweet and Deadly
  • Published: 24 March 2026
  • ISBN: 9780262053983
  • Imprint: MIT Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 344
  • RRP: $55.00
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Sweet and Deadly

How Coca-Cola Spreads Disinformation and Makes Us Sick

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How Coca-Cola makes Americans sick—and makes sure we don’t know it.

If we knew that Coca-Cola was among the deadliest products in our diet, would we continue drinking it in such great quantities? The Coca-Cola Company has gone to extraordinary lengths to make sure we don’t find out, as this damning exposé makes patently clear. Marshaling the findings of extensive research and deep investigative reporting, Murray Carpenter describes in Sweet and Deadly the damage Coke does to America’s health—and the remarkable campaign of disinformation conducted by the company to keep consumers in the dark.
  • Published: 24 March 2026
  • ISBN: 9780262053983
  • Imprint: MIT Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 344
  • RRP: $55.00
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Praise for Sweet and Deadly

“[Coca-Cola’s] manipulation of science is laid bare in journalist Murray Carpenter’s new book Sweet and Deadly: How Coca-Cola Spreads Disinformation and Makes Us Sick. Carpenter explores how Coca-Cola has gotten away with these actions for so long and argues that not only does Coca-Cola significantly contribute to chronic disease, it has also actively and purposefully spread disinformation for decades to hide the health risks associated with its sugary beverages.”
– American Scientist

“A must-read for PR people and students of disinformation.” 
– O’Dwyer’s

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