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X-WR-CALDESC:True Story Book Club\n\nThe Poison Squad: One Chemist’s Single
 -Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century by De
 borah Blum (352 p.)\n\nBy the end of nineteenth century\, food was dangero
 us. Lethal\, even. 'Milk' might contain formaldehyde\, most often used to 
 embalm corpses. Decaying meat was preserved with both salicylic acid\, a p
 harmaceutical chemical\, and borax\, a compound first identified as a clea
 ning product. This was not by accident\; food manufacturers had rushed to 
 embrace the rise of industrial chemistry\, and were knowingly selling harm
 ful products. Unchecked by government regulation\, basic safety\, or even 
 labelling requirements\, they put profit before the health of their custom
 ers. By some estimates\, in New York City alone\, thousands of children we
 re killed by 'embalmed milk' every year. Citizens--activists\, journalists
 \, scientists\, and women's groups--began agitating for change. But even a
 s protective measures were enacted in Europe\, American corporations block
 ed even modest regulations. Then\, in 1883\, Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley\,
  a chemistry professor from Purdue University\, was named chief chemist of
  the agriculture department\, and the agency began methodically investigat
 ing food and drink fraud\, even conducting shocking human tests on groups 
 of young men who came to be known as\, 'The Poison Squad.'\n\nOver the nex
 t thirty years\, a titanic struggle took place\, with the courageous and f
 ascinating Dr. Wiley campaigning indefatigably for food safety and consume
 r protection. Together with a gallant cast\, including the muckraking repo
 rter Upton Sinclair\, whose fiction revealed the horrific truth about the 
 Chicago stockyards\; Fannie Farmer\, then the most famous cookbook author 
 in the country\; and Henry J. Heinz\, one of the few food producers who ac
 tively advocated for pure food\, Dr. Wiley changed history. When the landm
 ark 1906 Food and Drug Act was finally passed\, it was known across the la
 nd\, as 'Dr. Wiley's Law.'\n\nBlum brings to life this timeless and hugely
  satisfying 'David and Goliath' tale with righteous verve and style\, driv
 ing home the moral imperative of confronting corporate greed and governmen
 t corruption with a bracing clarity\, which speaks resoundingly to the eno
 rmous social and political challenges we face today.
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DESCRIPTION:True Story Book Club\n\nThe Poison Squad: One Chemist’s Single-
 Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century by Deb
 orah Blum (352 p.)\n\nBy the end of nineteenth century\, food was dangerou
 s. Lethal\, even. 'Milk' might contain formaldehyde\, most often used to e
 mbalm corpses. Decaying meat was preserved with both salicylic acid\, a ph
 armaceutical chemical\, and borax\, a compound first identified as a clean
 ing product. This was not by accident\; food manufacturers had rushed to e
 mbrace the rise of industrial chemistry\, and were knowingly selling harmf
 ul products. Unchecked by government regulation\, basic safety\, or even l
 abelling requirements\, they put profit before the health of their custome
 rs. By some estimates\, in New York City alone\, thousands of children wer
 e killed by 'embalmed milk' every year. Citizens--activists\, journalists\
 , scientists\, and women's groups--began agitating for change. But even as
  protective measures were enacted in Europe\, American corporations blocke
 d even modest regulations. Then\, in 1883\, Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley\, 
 a chemistry professor from Purdue University\, was named chief chemist of 
 the agriculture department\, and the agency began methodically investigati
 ng food and drink fraud\, even conducting shocking human tests on groups o
 f young men who came to be known as\, 'The Poison Squad.'\n\nOver the next
  thirty years\, a titanic struggle took place\, with the courageous and fa
 scinating Dr. Wiley campaigning indefatigably for food safety and consumer
  protection. Together with a gallant cast\, including the muckraking repor
 ter Upton Sinclair\, whose fiction revealed the horrific truth about the C
 hicago stockyards\; Fannie Farmer\, then the most famous cookbook author i
 n the country\; and Henry J. Heinz\, one of the few food producers who act
 ively advocated for pure food\, Dr. Wiley changed history. When the landma
 rk 1906 Food and Drug Act was finally passed\, it was known across the lan
 d\, as 'Dr. Wiley's Law.'\n\nBlum brings to life this timeless and hugely 
 satisfying 'David and Goliath' tale with righteous verve and style\, drivi
 ng home the moral imperative of confronting corporate greed and government
  corruption with a bracing clarity\, which speaks resoundingly to the enor
 mous social and political challenges we face today.
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SUMMARY:True Story Book Club: The Poison Squad: One Chemist’s Single-Minded
  Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century by Deborah B
 lum
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