The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
- ISBN-10
- 0143111124
- ISBN-13
- 9780143111122
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 352
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-09-24
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Author
- Deborah Blum
Description
Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley set out to ensure food safety. The tasters were recognized for their courage, and became known as the poison squad.
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