Phoebe Judge
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or consist in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal or vegetable substance.
Harvey Wiley continued to publish the results of Poison Squad tests after the Pure Food and Drug Act passed.
They found that sulfurous acid and sodium benzoate, a substance used in ketchup, both made the volunteers so sick that some of them had to drop out of the study
The last chemical they tested was formaldehyde.
After the Poison Squad's studies ended, Wiley spent a lot of his time trying to figure out how to implement the Food and Drug Act.
He was offered a job in his own laboratory and food safety column by Good Housekeeping magazine.
His contract with the magazine stated that they wouldn't advertise any food, drug, or cosmetic products that Wiley didn't approve.
When he discovered that a product was potentially dangerous or fraudulent, they pulled the ad.
He encouraged readers to eat whole grains and avoid too much sugar.
And in 1928, he warned readers against using tobacco and linked cigarette smoking to cancer.
The Surgeon General issued its first report on smoking 36 years later, in 1964.
His tombstone reads, Father of the Pure Food Law.
What do you think is Wiley and the Poison Squad's legacy?
But you know, thanks to Wiley, we don't have to worry about drinking a glass of milk nowadays.