In Eric Schlosser's book "Fast Food Nation", he discusses his findings about the fast food industry and exposes it like it is East. Fast food has been an American tradition for over half a century and it's no mystery. Fast food is the most convenient, quickest and cheapest way to get a meal. Not only is fast food cheap and convenient, but it's also loaded with fat and grease to keep you coming back for more. Fast food has become almost more common than eating at home, as "about half of the money used to buy food is spent in restaurants, primarily fast food joints." » (Schlosser) Fast food poses problems due to unsafe conditions in slaughterhouses and questionable quality. food and its advertising aimed at children. In the book, Schlosser explains how slaughterhouses and meatpacking industries are extremely unsanitary, unsafe, and employees are underpaid and undervalued. The workforce is primarily made up of illegal immigrants who lack adequate training and receive extremely low wages for long hours in unsafe working conditions. In an article by Timothy Gardner he states...