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A green leaf can make toxic products seem safe

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Corporate greenwashing is literally just the halo effect dressed up in incredibly expensive, eco-friendly packaging. When a product aggressively displays aesthetically pleasing natural colors, our gullible brains automatically bypass critical thinking and wrongly infer the highly toxic slop inside is magically good for the earth.

A green leaf can make toxic products seem safe
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