The Kitchen Cartel: Pure Food & Drug Act 1906
Conflicted: A History Podcast
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The Pure Food and Drug Act
The pure food and drug bill became a law purely because of the active stand i took in trying to get it through congress. Doctor wiley, upton sinclair and other activists were, quote, although honest, men, so fantastically impractical that they played right into the hands of their foes. When something is so new and so game changing, the pace of innovation can rock it far beyond the reach of legislation. We're just now beginning to reckon with the lawless and untamed nature of social media networks. Who knows, maybe our lifetime we'll see the equivalent of a doctor harvey wiley or an upton sin Clair, who can pull the veil off and push the country
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