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Consumer protection Food additives Safety regulations Food additives Safety regulations United States History Food adulteration and inspection Food Safety measures Government policy United States Food Safety regulations Food Safety regulations United States Politics and government United States Video recordings for people with visual disabilitiesBlum, Deborah
Summary: Science journalist Deborah Blum shares the untold story of how poison rocked Jazz Age New York City. She tracks the perilous days when a pair of forensic scientists began their trailblazing chemical detective work, fighting to end an era when untraceable poisons offered an easy path to the perfect crime. Drama unfolds case by case as chief medical examiner Charles Norris and toxicologist...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2010
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: 614 BLUCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.13 BLUBlum, Deborah.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 179.4 BLUBlum, Deborah
Summary: "Coming of Age focuses on five years in Mead's young life when she began to question the traditional attitudes toward sex, courtship and marriage that dominated the early 20th century. The story begins in 1921, when Mead is a young woman of twenty and a student at Barnard College in New York City. Conventional enough to accept the role society has handed to her, and defiant enough to rise up...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MEAD, MARGARET BLUBlum, Deborah
Summary: Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley set out to ensure food safety. He selected food tasters to test various food additives and preservatives, letting them know that the substances could be harmful or deadly. The tasters were recognized for their courage, and became known as the poison squad.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILEY, HARVEY WASHINGTON BLUSummary: By the close of the Industrial Revolution, the American food supply was tainted--by frauds, fakes, and legions of new, untested chemicals--all threatening the health of consumers across the country. Based on the critically acclaimed book by Deborah Blum, it tells the story of crusading government chemist Harvey Washington Wiley, the man who led the pure food movement against the food...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020