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TIL about "Swill milk" where cows were fed distillery waste causing cow teeth rot and disease. It was also adulterated with raw eggs, burn sugar, etc. Swill milk lead to over 8,000 infant's deaths (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's so much worse than the headline. IIRC, mercury and lead (among others like just straight ass white paint) were used as whitening agents, and the milk was specifically marketed towards immigrants as an affordable and nutritious infant food. It caused a huge scandal at the time and (shooting from the hip here, double checking encouraged) prompted NY to implement some of the first food health laws in the US. I can't help but think that this is the kind of market innovation we'll get as republicans 'deregulate'.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This is exactly what deregulation leads to. People seem to forget that regulations have a reason, just like vaccines have a reason. Granted some regulations are heavy handed or just overbearing, but then tweak them.. don't remove regulations because we never had someone do what it was designed to prevent.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Every safety standard in every type of business or just in life in general is written in blood.