Inaction on strengthening gun laws is nothing compared to this
When the Government Deliberately Poisoned Its Citizens
Posted by Ross Pomeroy at Tue, 07 May 2013 01:12:41
RealClearScience Newton Blog
As the 1928 Presidential Election played out, the United States was turbulently embroiled in Prohibition. Though support for the act was rapidly waning, Republican presidential nominee Herbert Hoover still endorsed it as an "experiment noble in purpose."
Ironically, at that same time, chemists employed by the federal government were conducting experiments of a more disquieting nature. Enforcement of Prohibition was not going well at all. Citizens across the nation openly flouted the law, notorious crime syndicates ran rampant, and alcoholism rates were soaring. The Federal Government was aware that much of the available spirits originated from stolen industrial alcohol -- used, for example, in household cleaners, perfume, and cosmetics. Sixty million gallons were stolen each year to supply the nation's drinkers!
So by 1926, government chemists concocted ten poisonous "denaturing formulas" to be added to the alcohols. These contained ominous chemicals like gasoline, benzene, cadmium, nicotine, ether, formaldehyde, chloroform, and acetone. Prohibition advocates and officials believed that if they made the alcohol undrinkable, imbibers would be forced to abandon their immoral habits. The government defended this effort as "law enforcement." In truth, it was mass poisoning.
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Posted by Ross Pomeroy at Tue, 07 May 2013 01:12:41
RealClearScience Newton Blog
As the 1928 Presidential Election played out, the United States was turbulently embroiled in Prohibition. Though support for the act was rapidly waning, Republican presidential nominee Herbert Hoover still endorsed it as an "experiment noble in purpose."
Ironically, at that same time, chemists employed by the federal government were conducting experiments of a more disquieting nature. Enforcement of Prohibition was not going well at all. Citizens across the nation openly flouted the law, notorious crime syndicates ran rampant, and alcoholism rates were soaring. The Federal Government was aware that much of the available spirits originated from stolen industrial alcohol -- used, for example, in household cleaners, perfume, and cosmetics. Sixty million gallons were stolen each year to supply the nation's drinkers!
So by 1926, government chemists concocted ten poisonous "denaturing formulas" to be added to the alcohols. These contained ominous chemicals like gasoline, benzene, cadmium, nicotine, ether, formaldehyde, chloroform, and acetone. Prohibition advocates and officials believed that if they made the alcohol undrinkable, imbibers would be forced to abandon their immoral habits. The government defended this effort as "law enforcement." In truth, it was mass poisoning.
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