Bruce wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Jan 2020 18:32:44 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> The poor man must have felt exactly like I feel in RFC!
>

I never thought about your feelings Fruce. Sorry.

I must have shit square in your face a thousand times, but maybe I
shouldn't have simply assumed you were as big an asshole as you
portray.