What to Eat, Drink and Avoid
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary |
Subjects: | Adulteration, Nutrition, Narcotics, Pharmaceuticals, Analytical Chemistry, Crime |
People mentioned: | Robert D Thomson |
Institutions mentioned: | St Thomas's Hospital |
Analyses some of the alarming evidence of adulteration taken before a House of Commons committee. This includes dilute prussic acid, bread filled with 'animal matter', flour mixed with chalk, and sausages adulterated with horses tongues. The author considers this a good argument for becoming a vegetarian. |
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