The poison squad one chemist's single-minded crusade for food safety at the turn of the twentieth century
"By the end of the nineteenth century, food in America was increasingly dangerous--lethal, even. Milk and meat were routinely preserved with formaldehyde, a practice based on the embalming of corpses. Beer and wine were preserved with salicylic acid, a pharmaceutical chemical; canned vegetables...
| Main Author: | Blum, Deborah, 1954- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, New York :
Penguin Press,
[2018]
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