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Podcast: Weird World Podcast
Episode: Episode 213 - The Poison Squad
Description: No, they didn’t poison us. They actually tried to prevent companies from poisoning us. But they did this by poisoning people. Confusing, yes, but fascinating.Sources:https://www.esquire.com/food-drink/food/a23169/poison-squad/The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century, by Deborah Blumhttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/books/review/poison-squad-deborah-blum.htmlhttps://gastropod.com/keeping-it-fresh-preservatives-and-the-poison-squad/