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Cough Syrup, Dead Children, and the Case for Regulation

By Deborah Blum
Posted: March 17, 2012

Category: consumer protection, science history, Speakeasy Science | Tagged anti-regulation, Arthur Kallet, diethylene glycol, Elixir Sulfanilamide, EPA, ethylene glycol, Ezra Klein, F.J. Schlink FDA, One Hundred Million Guinea Pigs, Pew Research Center, S.E. Massengill, U.S. Food and Drug Administration | 38 Comments

Dr. Oz and the Arsenic Thing (A Sequel)

By Deborah Blum
Posted: December 10, 2011

Category: arsenic, consumer protection, Speakeasy Science | Tagged ABC, apple juice, arsenic, Dr. Oz, FDA, Mehmet Oz, Richard Besser, U.S. Food and Drug Administration | 6 Comments

A Colorful Little Tale of Halloween Poison

By Deborah Blum
Posted: October 31, 2011

Category: consumer protection, Speakeasy Science | Tagged FDA, food dyes, Halloween, Orange Dye No. 1, poisoned candy, Ronald Clark O'Bryan, Snopes, The Candyman, U.S. Food and Drug Administration | 5 Comments

Dr. Oz and the Arsenic Thing

By Deborah Blum
Posted: September 20, 2011

Category: arsenic, chemistry, poison, Speakeasy Science | Tagged arsenic, arsenic and apple juice, Dr. Oz, FDA, Forbes, inorganic arsenic, Mehmet Oz, organic arsenic, Pharyngula, Steve Salzberg, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Senator charles Schumer | 29 Comments

Playing Chicken with Arsenic

By Deborah Blum
Posted: June 10, 2011

Category: arsenic, consumer protection, Speakeasy Science | Tagged A Reliable Wife, Alpharma, arsenic, Arsenic and Old Lace, arsenic trioxide, Bangladesh, Dorothy Sayers, FDA, Mary Ann Cotton, poultry feed, roxarsone, Strong Poison, The Los Angeles Times, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, white arsenic | 11 Comments