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RSS FeedsFormaldehyde in milk, lead in cheese? True history behind US food system
(WorldNews Health)

 
 

15 october 2018 06:48:03

 
Formaldehyde in milk, lead in cheese? True history behind US food system
(WorldNews Health)
 


WASHINGTON - The next time you pour a glass of milk, order a cup of coffee or spread butter on your bagel, be thankful itīs 2018 and not the 19th century. Back then, it was common for milk to be cut down with water, dyed with plaster dust, topped with pureed calf brains and preserved with formaldehyde - yes, the same chemical thatīs used to embalm corpses. Coffee might have been a mixture of sawdust and beets, charred black to resemble the real deal. And butter? It was frequently blended with 20 Mule Team Borax to extend its shelf life. If its hue wasnīt golden enough to pass as a quality product, companies colored it with lead. The same was done for cheese - and because labels were not...


 
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