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The Poison Eaters: Fighting Danger and Fraud in Our Food and Drugs

By Gail Jarrow
Edition

Hardcover edition

Publisher Boyds Mills Press Imprint Calkins Creek ISBN

9781629794389

Awards and Honors 2020 Orbis Pictus Award Honor
Kirkus Best Books - 2019
Bulletin Blue Ribbons - 2019
CPL Best Books - 2019
The Nonfiction Detectives Best Nonfiction Books - 2019

The Poison Eaters: Fighting Danger and Fraud in Our Food and Drugs

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Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Alcohol Abuse,Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Drug Use/Abuse,Illustrations/Images: Disturbing Imagery

Formaldehyde, borax, salicylic acid. Today, these chemicals are used in embalming fluids, cleaning supplies, and acne medications. But in 1900, they were routinely added to food that Americans ate from cans and jars. Often products weren’t safe because unregulated, unethical companies added these and other chemicals to trick consumers into buying spoiled food or harmful medicines. Chemist Harvey Washington Wiley recognized these dangers and began a relentless thirty-year campaign to ensure that consumers could purchase safe food and drugs, eventually leading to the creation of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA.



Acclaimed nonfiction and Sibert Honor-winning author Gail Jarrow uncovers this intriguing history in her trademark style that makes the past enthrallingly relevant for today’s young readers.
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