The Poison Squad
With the help of a group of men known as the Poison Squad he did just that. The Poison Squad In 1901 government chemist Harvey Wiley set out to prove that Americans were being harmed by chemicals in food. American Experience Trailer The Poison Squad American Experience Season 32 Episode 2 Pbs The Poison Squad as they became known was a group of men who willingly consumed dangerous substances to force the government into consumer protections. The poison squad . A New York Times Notable Book. The inspiration for PBSs AMERICAN EXPERIENCE film The Poison Squad. The Poison Squad The Men Who Intentionally Poisoned Themselves In The Name Of Health Before federal food safety regulations really existed in the US one man made it his duty to prove that food additives were harmful to human health -- and he did so in a rather unconventional way. In 1906 the family of poison squad member Robert Vance Freeman used the press to blame the mans tuberculosis and subsequent death on the borax