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The poison squad : one chemist's single-minded crusade for food safety at the turn of the twentieth century

Blum, Deborah, 1954- author.

Publisher:	Penguin Press,
Pub date:	2018.
Pages:	xxi, 330 pages :
ISBN:	9781594205149
	1 copy available at University of Alberta - Cameron Library.

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University of Alberta - Cameron Library
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The poison squad : one chemist's single-minded crusade for food safety at the turn of the twentieth century
Blum, Deborah, 1954- author.

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The poison squad : one chemist's single-minded crusade for food safety at the turn of the twentieth century
Blum, Deborah, 1954- author.

Personal Author:	Blum, Deborah, 1954- author.
Title:	The poison squad : one chemist's single-minded crusade for food safety at the turn of the twentieth century / Deborah Blum.
Publication:	New York : Penguin Press, 2018.
Physical description:	xxi, 330 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Content type:	text txt
Media type:	unmediated n
Carrier type:	volume nc
Personal subject:	Wiley, Harvey Washington, 1844-1930.
Corporate subject:	United States. Bureau of Chemistry--Officials and employees--Biography.
Subject term:	Food inspectors--United States--Biography.
Subject term:	Chemists--United States--Biography.
Subject term:	Food additives--Safety regulations--United States--History.
Subject term:	Food--Safety measures--Government policy--United States.
Subject term:	Food--Safety regulations--United States.
Bibliography note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-319) and index.
Summary:	Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley set out to ensure food safety. He selected food tasters to test various food additives and preservatives, letting them know that the substances could be harmful or deadly. The tasters were recognized for their courage, and became known as the poison squad.
ISBN:	9781594205149 hardcover
ISBN:	1594205140 hardcover
key:	8343201
LCCN:	2018006211

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