Author: Geraldine Evans
Publisher: Geraldine Evans
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
#5 in series: The tyrannical Barstaple had known full well that he was hated by most of the office and his murderer made sure he died a horrible death; but then someone else is poisoned, and DI Joe Rafferty knows 0́4 especially given his own loathing of tyrannical bosses 0́4 that he is going to feel ambivalent about finding the murderer.
Absolute Poison
Author: Geraldine Evans
Publisher: Geraldine Evans
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
#5 in series: The tyrannical Barstaple had known full well that he was hated by most of the office and his murderer made sure he died a horrible death; but then someone else is poisoned, and DI Joe Rafferty knows 0́4 especially given his own loathing of tyrannical bosses 0́4 that he is going to feel ambivalent about finding the murderer.
Publisher: Geraldine Evans
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
#5 in series: The tyrannical Barstaple had known full well that he was hated by most of the office and his murderer made sure he died a horrible death; but then someone else is poisoned, and DI Joe Rafferty knows 0́4 especially given his own loathing of tyrannical bosses 0́4 that he is going to feel ambivalent about finding the murderer.
The Poison Squad
Author: Deborah Blum
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525560289
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
A New York Times Notable Book The inspiration for PBS's AMERICAN EXPERIENCE film The Poison Squad. From Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times-bestselling author Deborah Blum, the dramatic true story of how food was made safe in the United States and the heroes, led by the inimitable Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley, who fought for change By the end of nineteenth century, food was dangerous. Lethal, even. "Milk" might contain formaldehyde, most often used to embalm corpses. Decaying meat was preserved with both salicylic acid, a pharmaceutical chemical, and borax, a compound first identified as a cleaning product. This was not by accident; food manufacturers had rushed to embrace the rise of industrial chemistry, and were knowingly selling harmful products. Unchecked by government regulation, basic safety, or even labelling requirements, they put profit before the health of their customers. By some estimates, in New York City alone, thousands of children were killed by "embalmed milk" every year. Citizens--activists, journalists, scientists, and women's groups--began agitating for change. But even as protective measures were enacted in Europe, American corporations blocked even modest regulations. Then, in 1883, Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley, a chemistry professor from Purdue University, was named chief chemist of the agriculture department, and the agency began methodically investigating food and drink fraud, even conducting shocking human tests on groups of young men who came to be known as, "The Poison Squad." Over the next thirty years, a titanic struggle took place, with the courageous and fascinating Dr. Wiley campaigning indefatigably for food safety and consumer protection. Together with a gallant cast, including the muckraking reporter Upton Sinclair, whose fiction revealed the horrific truth about the Chicago stockyards; Fannie Farmer, then the most famous cookbook author in the country; and Henry J. Heinz, one of the few food producers who actively advocated for pure food, Dr. Wiley changed history. When the landmark 1906 Food and Drug Act was finally passed, it was known across the land, as "Dr. Wiley's Law." Blum brings to life this timeless and hugely satisfying "David and Goliath" tale with righteous verve and style, driving home the moral imperative of confronting corporate greed and government corruption with a bracing clarity, which speaks resoundingly to the enormous social and political challenges we face today.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525560289
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
A New York Times Notable Book The inspiration for PBS's AMERICAN EXPERIENCE film The Poison Squad. From Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times-bestselling author Deborah Blum, the dramatic true story of how food was made safe in the United States and the heroes, led by the inimitable Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley, who fought for change By the end of nineteenth century, food was dangerous. Lethal, even. "Milk" might contain formaldehyde, most often used to embalm corpses. Decaying meat was preserved with both salicylic acid, a pharmaceutical chemical, and borax, a compound first identified as a cleaning product. This was not by accident; food manufacturers had rushed to embrace the rise of industrial chemistry, and were knowingly selling harmful products. Unchecked by government regulation, basic safety, or even labelling requirements, they put profit before the health of their customers. By some estimates, in New York City alone, thousands of children were killed by "embalmed milk" every year. Citizens--activists, journalists, scientists, and women's groups--began agitating for change. But even as protective measures were enacted in Europe, American corporations blocked even modest regulations. Then, in 1883, Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley, a chemistry professor from Purdue University, was named chief chemist of the agriculture department, and the agency began methodically investigating food and drink fraud, even conducting shocking human tests on groups of young men who came to be known as, "The Poison Squad." Over the next thirty years, a titanic struggle took place, with the courageous and fascinating Dr. Wiley campaigning indefatigably for food safety and consumer protection. Together with a gallant cast, including the muckraking reporter Upton Sinclair, whose fiction revealed the horrific truth about the Chicago stockyards; Fannie Farmer, then the most famous cookbook author in the country; and Henry J. Heinz, one of the few food producers who actively advocated for pure food, Dr. Wiley changed history. When the landmark 1906 Food and Drug Act was finally passed, it was known across the land, as "Dr. Wiley's Law." Blum brings to life this timeless and hugely satisfying "David and Goliath" tale with righteous verve and style, driving home the moral imperative of confronting corporate greed and government corruption with a bracing clarity, which speaks resoundingly to the enormous social and political challenges we face today.
The Water-cure
Author: Heinrich F. Francke
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hydrotherapy
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hydrotherapy
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
The Journal of Physiology
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
The Ohio Medical Recorder
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Pure Products
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Food adulteration and inspection
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Food adulteration and inspection
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
The Dispensatory of the United States of America
Author: Joseph Price Remington
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dispensatories
Languages : en
Pages : 2144
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dispensatories
Languages : en
Pages : 2144
Book Description
Atlas and Principles of Bacteriology
Author: Karl Bernhard Lehmann
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bacteria
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bacteria
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Proceedings
Author: Rhodesia Scientific Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1108
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1108
Book Description
Studies in Immunity
Author: Paul Ehrlich
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Immunity
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Immunity
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description