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

Pretty ridiculous when the ****ing rich Capitalists were feeding U.S. when no one was LOOKING! Corn syrup and a hunk of honeycomb to pass as honey? Anything to save a BUCK! :-( Canned Meat to our Military that was rotting AND laced with toxins?

Regulation help prevent that kind of Capitalist cock suckerdom!

John Kuthe...