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McDonald's Food Does Not Decompose

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  1. Lil Pun

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    http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upsho...ppy-meal-resists-decomposition-for-six-months

    Vladimir Lenin, King Tut and the McDonald's Happy Meal: What do they all have in common? A shocking resistance to Mother Nature's cycle of decomposition and biodegradability, apparently.

    That's the disturbing point brought home by the latest project of New York City-based artist and photographer Sally Davies, who bought a McDonald's Happy Meal back in April and left it out in her kitchen to see how well it would hold up over time.

    The results? "The only change that I can see is that it has become hard as a rock," Davies told the U.K. Daily Mail.

    She proceeded to photograph the Happy Meal each week and posted the pictures to Flickr to record the results of her experiment. Now, just over six months later, the Happy Meal has yet to even grow mold. She told the Daily Mail that "the food is plastic to the touch and has an acrylic sheen to it."

    Davies -- whose art has been featured in numerous films and television shows and is collected by several celebrities -- told The Upshot that she initiated the project to prove a friend wrong. He believed that any burger would mold or rot within two or three days of being left on a counter. Thus began what's become known as "The Happy Meal Art Project."

    "I told my friend about a schoolteacher who's kept a McDonald's burger for 12 years that hasn't changed at all, and he didn't believe me when I told him about it," Davies told us. "He thought I was crazy and said I shouldn't believe everything that I read, so I decided to try it myself."

    Some observers of the photo series have noted that the burger's bun appears at different angles, and therefore aired suspicions that the Happy Meal may not in fact be as "untouched" as the project's groundrules stipulate. Davies says there's a simple explanation for the mobile-bun effect. "The meal is on a plate in my apartment on a shelf," she says, "and when I take it down to shoot it, the food slides around. It's hard as rock on a glass plate, so sure, the food is moving."

    Davies' friend was the person who should have done the additional research. Wellness and nutrition educator Karen Hanrahan has indeed kept a McDonald's hamburger since 1996 to show clients and students how resistant fast food can be to decomposition.

    As for Davies, she said that she might just keep her burger and fries hanging around for a while as well.

    "It's sitting on a bookshelf right now, so it's not really taking up any space, so why not?" she said. It ceased giving off any sort of odor after 24 hours, she said, adding: "You have to see this thing."

    In response to Davies' project, McDonald's spokeswoman Theresa Riley emailed The Upshot a statement defending the quality of the chain's food. Riley's email also blasted Davies' "completely unsubstantiated" work as something out of "the realm of urban legends."

    "McDonald's hamburger patties in the United States are made with 100% USDA-inspected ground beef," Riley wrote. "Our hamburgers are cooked and prepared with salt, pepper and nothing else -- no preservatives, no fillers. Our hamburger buns are baked locally, are made from North American-grown wheat flour and include common government-approved ingredients designed to assure food quality and safety. ... According to Dr. Michael Doyle, Director, Center for Food Safety at the University of Georgia, 'From a scientific perspective, I can safely say that the way McDonald's hamburgers are freshly processed, no hamburger would look like this after one year unless it was tampered with or held frozen.'"
     
  2. peleincubus

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    ive seen something like this before. its crazy that so many people continue to eat this crap on a regular basis.
     
  3. finalsbound

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    morgan spurlock did it first.
     
  4. moestavern19

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    I have not set foot in a McDonalds in almost 2 years now. Don't plan on it anytime soon.
     
  5. CJLarson

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    I'll still eat it.
     
  6. WhoMikeJames

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    I go by this as well, but I still go to Whataburger.
     
  7. PointForward

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    oh great, an artist/photographer woman is running scientific experiments now.. AWESOME!

    who gives a **** if it doesn't decompose if left outside? We have digestive enzymes, they take care of breaking it down. In fact, I ran an experiment similar to this one just yesterday: I ate a big mac and then later that day I took a massive $#!t and surprise surprise, I didn't pass the sandwich the way I digested it: It actually turned into fecal matter. I documented my findings and I'm planning on publishing them in a scientific journal.

    I'm sick and tired of you hippie tree huggers getting your panties in a wad over fast food. Yes, having mcDonald's for every meal everyday will f*** you up, we all knew that, I didn't need to watch a 90 minute movie so that I can hear it from that r****d acting a fool throughout the movie.

    I enjoy Mickey D's frequently, and I don't see anything wrong with having a hot and spicy or a mcdouble every once in a while.

    Moderation, it's amazing.
     
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  8. BrooksBall

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    I don't buy it.

    It's probably evil, anemic-looking vegetarians behind it.

    I don't think you should eat fast food too often but the harm is grossly exaggerated by groups with certain interests.

    We're such a fat and happy middle class that we find time to worry about this kind of stuff.

    Edit: Or what PointForward said. That better expresses my viewpoint and it's much more funny. :grin:
     
  9. finalsbound

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    repped. (and i'm a hippie tree hugger vegetarian)

    it's all about moderation, great code to live by.

    edit: not only that, but other popular fast food places aren't any better.
     
  10. Pete Chilcutt

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    I don't eat Mcdonalds, but I do own shares of MCD ;)
     
  11. DontTradeOswalt

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    Dude, that was awesome

    Mickey D's FTW!!!
     
  12. htownrox1

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    I just had a Big Mac and a large fry yesterday, and guess what.. I freakin loved it!! :p
     
  13. Dairy Ashford

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    Great art project, but offensively bad journalism.
     
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    Wow, that was an angry post :grin:. But I actually agree with you.
     
  15. sew

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    Double cheeseburger going down right now.
     
  16. VanityHalfBlack

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    Strawberry and banana smoothies at Mcdonalds is not so bad.. In fact, It saves me 4 dollars compared to freaking Smoothie King which charges like 8 bucks for a medium one...
     
  17. The Real Shady

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    If it does not decompose that means neither will you. You'll live forever at Mickey D's.
     
  18. TexasMan

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    Just looking at that reminds me of the documentary Super Size Me.

    I don't think I have eaten at McDonalds since I saw it.

    Disgusting.
     
  19. SuperBeeKay

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    Just won a free Large Burger and medium fries thanks to that Monopoly ****. Life is good.
     
  20. moestavern19

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    Their food is awful, and they are a Capitalist stronghold created to disregard human life.

    ****ing Fascists.
     

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