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The Poison Squad : One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century Paperback - 2019

by Blum, Deborah

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Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley set out to ensure food safety. The tasters were recognized for their courage, and became known as the poison squad.

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  • Title The Poison Squad : One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
  • Author Blum, Deborah
  • Binding Paperback
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Publishing Group
  • Date 2019-09-24
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 17980166-6
  • ISBN 9780143111122 / 0143111124
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.8 in (21.08 x 13.97 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Officials and employees, Chemists - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2018006211
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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About the author

Deborah Blum is director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT, and editor of Undark magazine, (undark.org). In 1992, she won the Pulitzer Prize for a series on primate research, which she turned into a book, The Monkey Wars. Her other books include The Poisoner's Handbook, Ghost Hunters, Love at Goon Park, and Sex on the Brain. She has written for publications including The New York Times, Wired, Time, Discover, Mother Jones, The Guardian and The Boston Globe. Blum is a past president of the National Association of Science Writers, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a lifetime associate of the National Academy of Sciences.