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Show Poison in Daily Foods MMnamMiiH A matter of practical sclenco to which legislation must be directed much moro seriously than has yot been done was brought before the congress of medicine recently hold at Madrid. Dr. Brouardel, of Paris, spoke strongly of tho dangers arising from the addition of antiseptics to wine, beer, cider, milk, eyrups, buttor, fish, preserved fruits and other commodities com-modities which aro in dally use as food. It Is well known that salicylic acid, ualicylato of soda, sulphites, borax, borlo acid, formalin and a va-rloty va-rloty of other chemicals aro omployed to make the substance in question "keep," tho pretence being that they are used In such small quantities as to be Innocuous. To this allegation Dr. Brouardel opposed two lndlsputa- MBMMIMaaMMIMiir bio facts, determined by analysis and experiences first, that the preservatives preserva-tives employed are used in far larger quantities than the users admit, and, secondly, that the continued consumption consump-tion of alimentary substances con-1 talnlng these antiseptic materials, oven in very small proportions, bo-1 comes gravely detrimental to the hu-. man organism, amounting In the long run to slow poisoning. Man's const!-' tution has not been made for the daily elimination of minute doses of poison. In this Insidious form of mischief may Ho some of the blame for our physical phys-ical degeneracy. Appnrontly the evil Is of such sort than International measures may bo necessary to check it. Treatment of food In this manner should not bo called adulteration, but poisoning pure aad simple. |
