The Chemical Feast: The Ralph Nader Study Group Report on Food Protection and the Food and Drug Administration

by James S. Turner

Think the FDA is working for you; working to keep food and drugs safe. After reading this book you'll be all the wiser to the biggest lie about our govt agency, the FDA. This book exposes the FDAs corruption and connections with big food and drug companies and the FDA role in protecting their profits at the expense of public health. You'll be left wondering how can this be happening.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1970

Reviews

[Grace Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book by Ralph Nader at the tender and impressionable age of like 15. It was recommended to me by a forward thinking vegetarian who was in theater whilst I was on stage crew. Pretty radical for sleepy Wisconsin. As a disclaimer, I am pretty sure this was the book: it was a book about what the FDA allowed on the market as 'edible' when in actuality it was full of poisons and harmful ingredients. I especially remember 2 sections: 1) the number of insect parts allowed in your average piece of chocolate and 2) how maraschino cherries are the absolute worst thing you can ingest. The ideas in the book have lived with me over the past 25 years and look at me now, living in CA eating as clean, local and organic as possible. Oh, and I have NEVER had a maraschino cherry since. Thanks Ralph!