Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2022-02-01
Books mentioned on Part One: The Food And Drug Administration
Robert is joined by Matt Lieb to discuss the Food And Drug Administration. FOOTNOTES: Blum, Deborah.
Robert Evans discussed The Poison Squad by Deborah Blum, A TREATISE ON ADULTERATIONS OF FOOD by Frederick Accum, A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons by Frederick Accum, and The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Poison Squad
The Poison Squad by Deborah Blum is a historical account detailing Dr.
Discussed“And to talk about how this went, I'm going to quote Deborah Blum, who is like the [ __ ] expert on specifically this Quote, "So, dairymen began increasing the dose of formaldehyde, seeking to keep their product fresh for as long as possible."”
Where to get it
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A TREATISE ON ADULTERATIONS OF FOOD
Discussed“In 1820, a pioneering book by chemist Frederick Accum, titled A Treatise on Adulterations of Food and Culinary Poisons, had aroused widespread public outrage when it was published in London. Accum minced no words.”
Where to get it
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A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons
Discussed“In 1820, a pioneering book by chemist Frederick Accum, titled A Treatise on Adulterations of Food and Culinary Poisons, had aroused widespread public outrage when it was published in London. Accum minced no words.”
Where to get it
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The Jungle
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is a 1906 novel that serves as a harsh expose of working conditions in Chicago's meatpacking industry during the Gilded Age.
Discussed“One of the things that leads that actually changes this that like really is a huge factor is a book called The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, which I'm sure most people are at least broadly familiar with. Um Upton went undercover for months in a Chicago meatpacking neighborhood”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
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