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Harvard Magazine featured Haub Law Professor Margot J. Pollans in "The Care and Feeding of a Nation"
Nutrition is another often overlooked factor in food safety. In a paper published in California Law Review, she and coauthor Margot J. Pollans of Pace University note that in 2016, heart disease caused more than 635,000 deaths in the United States, or 200 times more than foodborne illness did. Heart disease is also responsible for an estimated $200 billion in medical costs, and $130.5 billion in lost productivity.