If people don’t wake up, “deregulation” is going to defang the fda, epa, and other agencies that were set up because people were being hurt and killed.
If you don’t know about it, look up “the poison squad” - people were putting things like borax in food because it made it prettier, it took a guy literally feeding volunteers various things people were adding to food to prove they were poison. There were no rules for what you could sell as food.
If you want to feel really sad, look up “swill milk” - babies died being fed it because it had such little nutritional value. It often had chalk mixed in to make it appear less watery.
Capitalism encourages people to hurt others for personal gain. We need these organizations to keep a lid on the worst of us.
Holy shit, one of the labels actually says it may expose you to lead. They knew, and they sold it anyway.
And I still can’t get over the fact that kids had to be poisoned before the FDA took note.
This is a systemic failure.
If people don’t wake up, “deregulation” is going to defang the fda, epa, and other agencies that were set up because people were being hurt and killed.
If you don’t know about it, look up “the poison squad” - people were putting things like borax in food because it made it prettier, it took a guy literally feeding volunteers various things people were adding to food to prove they were poison. There were no rules for what you could sell as food.
If you want to feel really sad, look up “swill milk” - babies died being fed it because it had such little nutritional value. It often had chalk mixed in to make it appear less watery.
Capitalism encourages people to hurt others for personal gain. We need these organizations to keep a lid on the worst of us.
The history of milk is way worse than chalk. Plaster, cow brain, rotting eggs, and formaldehyde all went into the mix among other things.
Look at the bright side, shareholders made a ton of money!