Thursday, September 5th, 4:30 - 5:45pm 9.64NB (9th Floor Conference Room)
By the end of the 19th century, food was dangerous, even lethal--food manufacturers were knowingly selling harmful products. The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century is the dramatic true story of how food was made safe in the United States and the heroes, led by chemistry professor Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley, who fought for change.
Deborah Blum is director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT and author of a series of books, including Pulitzer Prize-winning The Monkey Wars. Blum is also publisher of Undark magazine