Show government chief of bureau of chemistry makes some startling statements declares that much of D preva lent among americans is due to the Intro ducton in the system of Pre ve sub stances W ashington dr H W wiley chief of the bureau of chemistry 0 the de apartment part ment of agriculture reported on friday to the house committee on agriculture the resets of experiments conducted by the bureau to determine the poisonous effect on the human tern of such drugs as borax benzoic acid benzoate of soda sulphate of copper sulphur dioxide and salicylic acid when contained in foodstuffs dr wiley said that the expulsion of those and kindred drugs from the body is performed almost entirely by the kidneys and that he is satisfied the term of american life would be length ened if the use of such drugs in foods were wholly discontinued he said he was convinced that kidney disease so prevalent among americans is partly the result of constant introduction in the system of such preservative sub stances as benzoate of soda earned in foods discussing sulphur dioxide and its effects dr wiley told the committee of a discovery just made by him that salt solution la a perfect sob statute for sulphur in the whitening and drying of fruit he samples of apples diled experiment ally by the bureau the sulphured fruit was not so white or tender as the salt cured |