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When the Food We Ate Was Literally Poison (Even More So Than Now)
- Nomentatus 8y agoNPR interview about the book. https://the1a.org/shows/2018-09-26/sell-by-date https://the1a.org/shows/2018-09-26/sell-by-date
- asdfasdfdavid 8y agoWow, this adds a lot of perspective. I thought that things were bad nowadays.
- kmlx 8y agoOne of the reasons Rome fell was lead poisoning. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/02/17/lead-poisoning-and-the-fall-of-rome/?utm_term=.e30de3990be0 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/0...
- acct1771 8y agoWow, it's almost too perfect of a parallel.
- swingline-747 8y agoArtificial sweetener anyone? How about some hair dye? (still allowed today in the US but not in Canada) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead(II)_acetate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead(II)_acetate Sodium Pyrophosphate is also a "fun," somewhat toxic additive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrasodium_pyrophosphate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrasodium_pyrophosphate
- ikeyany 8y agoLead acetate is banned in the US (except for use in hair dye, which the FDA proved is safe).
- Shorel 8y agoRight now spices are still filled with non-spice matter, but it is mostly very cheap and harmless rice flour. We still can't get good spices.
- cwzwarich 8y agoIt’s pretty easy to get good spices. Buy them whole and grind them yourself. There are a few things where this doesn’t quite work, e.g. asafoetida.