Deborah Blum

That would never happen today.

But food is no longer one of the top ten causes of death.

Our food supply is not perfect today in any way.

Right, if it's pasteurized.

Right.

Let's not even get into the raw milk.

No, we are not going to drink milk with formaldehyde in it.

We are not going to have coffee with lead in it because it contains charred bone that was blackened with lead to look like coffee grounds.

We are not going to be drinking beer and wine that contain a compound that might cause the lining of our stomach to bleed.

We are...

not going to be having lead in our cheese.