Director, Basque Space Program: Medicines too. The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was necessary because 1) Formaldehyde was being used as a food preservative as the country urbanized and 2) Drugs were basically worthless snake oil.

Medicines too. The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was necessary because 1) Formaldehyde was being used as a food preservative as the country urbanized and 2) Drugs were basically worthless snake oil.

really not enjoying the prospect of GOP ghouls deciding that the country needs to relearn the lesson of “why food safety regulation is important” the hard way

Rolling back Chevron won’t undo that or the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938, so labeling requirements won’t go away, but the FDA will have far less latitude to enforce rules that make us all safer

Chevron going away will introduce ambiguity around what constitutes a drug and what is considered a supplement though and the latter are very poorly regulated.

In addition, rule making is used to set standards for clinical trials. It’s used to get pharmaceutical companies to play ball on post-market drug safety monitoring. The law is intentionally vague to allow this because neither congress nor the courts have the technical expertise to set these.

I wonder if overturning chevron would be good for democrats electorally or if voters will just blame them for the sudden complete chaos.

worthless snake oil and

@deborahb.bsky.social has a terrific book (also made into a PBS documentary) about this sort of thing that I never tire of recommending: 📗 bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century a book by Deborah Blumbookshop.org A New York Times Notable Book The inspiration for PBS's AMERICAN EXPERIENCE film The Poison Squad. From Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times-bestselling author Deborah Blum, the dramatic true stor...

Formaldehyde???! 😵

The late 19th and early 20th century was dire with regards to food safety and consumer protections

Happens today in countries… without food regulations.

Never looking into the history of the milk industry whilst eating or drinking.

Eww 😫

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