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fascinating article. one brief element I found interesting was the government regulation of production materials (arsenic in green dye) I was genuinely unaware
by permo-w 4y ago
fascinating article. one brief element I found interesting was the government regulation of production materials (arsenic in green dye)
I was genuinely unaware that it went that far back. for whatever reason I had the impression that these kinds of laws largely began in the post-war era
- _a_a_a_ 4y agoNah, stuff goes way back. Check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phossy_jaw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phossy_jaw "The Grand Duchy of Finland, part of the Russian Empire, in 1872, was the first country to place an absolute ban on the manufacture, use, and sale of white phosphorus in matches, followed by Denmark in 1874 and France in 1897"
- wiml 4y agoSugar-of-lead (as a sweetener in wine and other foods) goes even further — it was suspected to be toxic millennia ago, though maybe only subject to a governmental ban as recently as the late 1600s.