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.