The poison squad : one chemist's single-minded crusade for food safety at the turn of the twentieth century / Deborah Blum.
Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2018Description: xxi, 330 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781594205149 (hardcover)
- 9780525560289 (ebook)
- Wiley, Harvey Washington, 1844-1930
- Food inspectors -- United States -- Biography
- Chemists -- United States -- Biography
- United States. Bureau of Chemistry -- Officials and employees -- Biography
- Food additives -- Safety regulations -- United States -- History
- Food -- United States -- Safety measures -- Government policy
- Food -- Safety regulations -- United States
- 363.19/264092 B 23
- TX518.W5 B58 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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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