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| December 11, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Chicago Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Steve Chapman

Dec. 11--New York is a model of liberty, or perhaps anarchy, when it comes to political opinion, religion, clothing, body ornamentation, sexual proclivities and public etiquette. But even Gotham has its limits. The city government--which recently considered letting people officially designate themselves a sex different from the one indicated by their anatomy--has decided it cannot stand by as citizens exercise their own choices about eating trans fat. Why not? Judging from the allegations, because it's the worst food additive since E. coli. "It's basically a slow form of poison," said David Katz, director of the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center. City Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden was not…

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