Poisoned platefuls

Abstract

The Poison Squad: One Chemist's SingleMinded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century DEBORAH BLUM Penguin Press (2018) Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat MARION NESTLE Basic (2018) TOO MANY STUDIES POSING AS SERIOUS SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY ARE IN FACT MARKETING RESEARCH. Meat, tinned fruit and vegetables, butter and cheese were dosed with boric acid, salicylic acid and sodium benzoate to delay bacterial growth and rotting. [...]promote personal responsibility and self regulation rather than government intervention; capture advisory committees; and challenge regulation in court.