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The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Tur
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- ISBN
- 9780143111122
- Book Title
- Poison Squad : One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
- Item Length
- 8.4in
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History, Political Science
- Topic
- United States / 19th Century, Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy (See Also Social Science / Agriculture & Food), Social Activists
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 11 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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From Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author Deborah Blum, the dramatic true story of the fight to make food safe in the United States, Near the end of the nineteenth century, food was dangerous-lethal, even. Milk and meat were routinely preserved with formaldehyde, and rancid butter was made edible with borax, best known as a cleaning product. Unchecked by regulation, food manufacturers put profit before the health of their customers. Then in 1883, Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley was named chief chemist of the United States Department of Agriculture, and he began to campaign tirelessly for food safety and consumer protection. Deborah. Blum brings to life this hugely satisfying David and Goliath tale, driving home the moral imperative of confronting corporate greed, which speaks resoundingly to the enormous social and political challenges we face today. Book jacket.
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Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0143111124
ISBN-13
9780143111122
eBay Product ID (ePID)
18038279121
Product Key Features
Book Title
Poison Squad : One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
United States / 19th Century, Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy (See Also Social Science / Agriculture & Food), Social Activists
Publication Year
2019
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.4in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
11 Oz
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Full of fascinating detail . . . a valuable contribution to understanding the politics of food."-- Nature "[Blum's] prose is graceful, and her book is full of vivid, unsettling detail. . . . The Poison Squad offers a powerful reminder that truth can defeat lies, that government can protect consumers and that an honest public servant can overcome the greed of private interests."-- Eric Schlosser, New York Times Book Review "A detailed, highly readable history of food and drink regulation in the United States. . . . [THE POISON SQUAD] shows the push and pull of competing economic, political and social interests. The journey our country has taken in establishing food, drink and drug regulation is an important one to understand because it is still going on."-- Wall Street Journal "Blum draws from her meticulous research to re-create the battle between regulation in the name of consumer protection and production in the name of profits."-- Scientific American "Riveting. . . . Blum isn't just telling one scientist's story but a broader one about the relationship between science and society. . . . [A] timely tale about how scientists and citizens can work together on meaningful consumer protections."-- Science magazine "[E]ngrossing. . . . Blum's well-informed narrative--complete with intricate battles between industry lobbyists and a coalition of scientists, food activists, and women's groups--illuminates the birth of the modern regulatory state and its tangle of reformist zeal, policy dog-fights, and occasional overreach. . . . [A] page-turner."-- Publishers Weekly "You've probably never heard of Harvey Washington Wiley, but he's probably the reason you aren't sick right now. . . . Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Blum tells [Wiley's] whole story in this fascinating book."-- Lit Hub "Fascinating. . . . The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 ended a century of scandal and bitter political maneuvering, with major impetus from Harvey Washington Wiley, a genuinely unknown American hero. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Blum offers less a biography than a vivid account of Wiley's achievements. . . . An expert life of an undeservedly obscure American."-- Kirkus "[A] compellingly detailed chronicle. . . . Citing worrisome recent attacks on consumer-protection laws, Blum reminds readers of the twenty-first-century relevance of Wiley's cause."-- Booklist
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363.19/264092 B
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23
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