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From the wiki: "By the 1930s, muckraking journalists, consumer protection organizations, and federal regulators began mounting a campaign for stronger regulatory authority by publicizing a list of injurious products which had been ruled permissible under the 1906 law, including radioactive beverages, the mascara Lash lure, which caused blindness, and worthless "cures" for diabetes and tuberculosis. The resulting proposed law was unable to get through Congress for five years, but was rapidly enacted into law following the public outcry over the 1937 Elixir Sulfanilamide tragedy, in which over 100 people died after using a drug formulated with a toxic, untested solvent."

I believe I've heard that the FDA was actually beneficial for capitalism as consumers would entirely avoid certain products out of fear, making it difficult to sell even legitimate goods.

That's not true:

They exist because pure unadulterated capitalism WILL kill you, not would.

It wasn't chalk, it was borax. And that was because it neutralised the sour taste of turned milk.

Safety regulations are written in the blood of those who died from unsafe practices.

And that’s why the Americans (Trump) are deleting regulations. Because regulations will cost the Oligarchs money. They’re sending innocent people to El Salvador. They’re stopping food regulations, they are spreading lies about inoculations that save lives. What is the point? They’re decreasing the population. Why are they doing this? There’s going to be no one left. (I’ve had one too many martinis)

So what’s killing us now? Because last I heard life expectancy is dropping.

What Conservatives would like us to forget is that many regulations are written in blood.

Welcome to Uptown Sinclair's Jungle. You're going to die.

I feel like there's at least one country who is going to learn this shit the hard way.