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“As of 2021, the most frequent type of adulteration of olive oil is that oil of lower quality is mixed into it.[24] Adulterated oil is usually no more serious t
by mikeodds 3y ago
“As of 2021, the most frequent type of adulteration of olive oil is that oil of lower quality is mixed into it.[24] Adulterated oil is usually no more serious than passing off inferior, but safe, products as superior olive oil, however in 1981 almost 700 people died, it is believed, as a consequence of consuming rapeseed (canola) oil adulterated with aniline intended for use as an industrial lubricant, but sold as olive oil in Spain (see toxic oil syndrome).”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_oil_regulation_and_adulteration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_oil_regulation_and_adult...
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- anthk 3y agoSpaniard here. That case was so mediatic that no one tried to sell canola oil for the consumers. And of course the controls on that skyrocketed.
- switch007 3y ago(I think by "mediatic" you mean high-profile / highly controversial etc)
- anthk 3y agoYes, highly controversial and the scandal it's still infamous on every media and press. Mediatic in my language (and almost by extension it could in English by adapting Romance roots) means something widespread in media but as highly broadcasted over and over because of being scandalous/controversial.
- switch007 3y agoMediatic isn't a word in English currently (not according to the Oxford Dictionary at least). But let's make it happen ! ;)
- anthk 3y agoNeither it was "liderar" and "líder" in Spanish (líder from Eng leader, and liderar is 'to lead') about just 100 years ago, and that word almost looks like has been in Spanish forever...
- switch007 3y agoNon sequitur ... ? Wrong thread? You didn't like being corrected, so you're just giving us random etymology lessons? :D
- masfuerte 3y agoPoisonous oil seems to have been invented as a cover-up. The geographical distribution of the suspect oil was far wider than the geographical distribution of the sickness, and some of the victims were positive they had not used the oil. Much of the evidence cited in the official investigation has been shown to have been fabricated. Poisoning by organophosphates on tomatoes is a much better fit for the facts. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2001/aug/25/research.highereducation https://www.theguardian.com/education/2001/aug/25/research.h...