Plum@lemmy.world to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 hours ago1858 Bradford sweets poisoning - sugar adulterated with gypsum (containing arsenic) killed 20, sickened 200, and changed the laws on food adulteration.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down10cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-link1858 Bradford sweets poisoning - sugar adulterated with gypsum (containing arsenic) killed 20, sickened 200, and changed the laws on food adulteration.en.wikipedia.orgPlum@lemmy.world to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 hours agomessage-square2fedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
minus-squareOnno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoI wonder if this is the origin story for the recurring warnings about poisonous Halloween sweets.
I wonder if this is the origin story for the recurring warnings about poisonous Halloween sweets.