On Thursday, January 30, 2020 at 5:32:48 PM UTC-6, 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. This stuff is *bad* for
> you. Why won't you realize that? Huge industry and government lobbys,
> yes, even back in 1900.
>
> Jill

The history of most governmental/industrial crapola follows the money! Always did and always will unless PREVENTED.

John Kuthe...