The poison squad : one chemist's single-minded crusade for food safety at the turn of the twentieth...
The poison squad : one chemist's single-minded crusade for food safety at the turn of the twentieth...
The poison squad : one chemist's single-minded crusade for food safety at the turn of the twentieth century / Deborah Blum.
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New York : Penguin Press, 2018.
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G 2018/6433
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English
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xxi, 330 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
"I wonder what's in it" -- A chemical wilderness -- Cheated, fooled, and bamboozled -- The beef court -- What's in it? -- Only the brave -- Lessons in food poisoning -- The yellow chemist -- The jungle -- The poison trust -- Of ketchup and corn syrup -- Excuses for everything -- Of whiskey and soda...
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New York : Penguin Press, 2018.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2018.
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Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley set out to ensure food safety. He selected food tasters to test various food additives and preservatives, letting them know that the substances could be harmful or deadly. The tasters were recognized for their courage, and became known as the poison squad.
"By the end of the nineteenth century, food in America was increasingly dangerous--lethal, even. Milk and meat were routinely preserved with formaldehyde, a practice based on the embalming of corpses. Beer and wine were preserved with salicylic acid, a pharmaceutical chemical; canned vegetables were greened-up by copper sulphate, a toxic metallic s...
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The poison squad : one chemist's single-minded crusade for food safety at the turn of the twentieth century / Deborah Blum.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-319) and index.
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G 2018/6433
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1594205140 hardcover
9781594205149 hardcover
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363.19264092 B
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991024197291302626
