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The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century by Deborah Blum

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11kjmarie's review against another edition

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DNF at 32%. Just couldn’t get into this one. It’s been collecting dust on my shelf for months now.

corynactis's review against another edition

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informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

lovetlr's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

riestenberger's review against another edition

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informative medium-paced

4.0

I think this is the first nonfiction book (excluding a few memoirs) that I have ever actually enjoyed reading. I was fascinated the whole time. I will say, based on the title I thought there would be a bit more focus on the actual “Poison Squad” studies, but I’m glad it went through the whoooole history.