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Finished #nonfiction #audiobook The Poison Squad by Deborah Blum, which recounts the story of a heroic civil servant, chemist Dr. Harvey Wiley, who began the first testing for harmful food additives and championed the first safe food laws in the U.S. despite heavy opposition by industry and political appointees. If anything, this story reminds us that business has its own profit in mind and without limits set by a responsible government, business will happily sicken and kill the public if there's money in it. And this is why you don't want your politicians purchased by industry, and why capitalism must be fettered for the good of society. ⭐ ⭐⭐⭐ #bookstodon #PublicHealth
