The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

by Deborah Blum

Book Overview

A New York Times Notable Book

From Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times-bestselling author Deborah Blum, the dramatic true story of how food was made safe in the United States and the heroes, led by the inimitable Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley, who fought for change

By the end of nineteenth century, food was dangerous. Lethal, even. "Milk" might contain formaldehyde, most often used to embalm corpses. Decaying...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594205140
• ISBN13: 9781594205149
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Penguin Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A fascinating history of food and the food regulation laws in America

If you’re a person, who tries to eat clean and as healthy as possible this book is a must read to appreciate the progress done to protect consumers from shady business practices.