On 1/30/2020 6:29 PM, wrote:
> On Thursday, January 30, 2020 at 4:53:15 PM UTC-6, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> Did anyone here see the PBS show about "The Poison Squad"? Just aired a
>> couple of nights ago (locally).
>>
>> It's a documentary about the man who first demanded food safety tests
>> and food labelling. Trying to promote safe food. Back around the turn
>> of the last century.
>>
>> It was extremely interesting. Also alarming what sort of things were
>> added to food before anyone had any idea what affects it might have.
>>
>> https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt...sly-experiment
>>
>> "1883, conducted a rather grisly experiment on human volunteers to help
>> make food safer for consumers €” and his work still echoes on today.
>>
>> Still quoting "Wiley was an indefatigable activist for food safety
>> regulations during a time when the food industry was organizing and
>> adding substances to food without any oversight, using its might to put
>> profits before people. But Wiley and his small band of chemists began
>> methodically testing suspected harmful additives and revealing the
>> effects of these dangerous compounds to the government and public."
>>
>> I don't know about you, but I'd rather be able to read a label and know
>> there is no alum mixed in with my flour.
>>
>> Jill
>>
> I missed the first 10 or 15 minutes of it but it was definitely eye opening!
> Quite an interesting program and simply appalling the number of people who
> wanted to silence him. It's a wonder anyone lived to adulthood with the
> stuff they put in food.
>
He persevered! Everyone wanted to silence him. This stuff is *bad* for
you. Why won't you realize that? Huge industry and government lobbys,
yes, even back in 1900.

Jill